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Wild Bill
Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter | Tom Clavin
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The definitive true story of Wild Bill, the first lawman of the Wild West, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City. In July 1865, "Wild Bill" Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt in Springfield, MO—the first quick-draw duel on the frontier. Thus began the reputation that made him a marked man to every gunslinger in the Wild West. James Butler Hickock was known across the frontier as a soldier, Union spy, scout, lawman, gunfighter, gambler, showman, and actor. He crossed paths with General Custer and Buffalo Bill Cody, as well as Ben Thompson and other young toughs gunning for the sheriff with the quickest draw west of the Mississippi. Wild Bill also fell in love—multiple times—before marrying the true love of his life, Agnes Lake, the impresario of a traveling circus. He would be buried however, next to fabled frontierswoman Calamity Jane. Even before his death, Wild Bill became a legend, with fiction sometimes supplanting fact in the stories that surfaced. Once, in a bar in Nebraska, he was confronted by four men, three of whom he killed in the ensuing gunfight. A famous Harper’s Magazine article credited Hickok with slaying 10 men that day; by the 1870s, his career-long kill count was up to 100. The legend of Wild Bill has only grown since his death in 1876, when cowardly Jack McCall famously put a bullet through the back of his head during a card game. Bestselling author Tom Clavin has sifted through years of western lore to bring Hickock fully to life in this rip-roaring, spellbinding true story.
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Eric_Allen
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This is one to read!

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madamereadsalot1
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I fell asleep reading Wild Bill, but managed to wrap it up and make it a June read. It was an excellent book, interesting and informative. My June was not a good reading month at all, but I enjoyed both titles I did manage.

It took me the entire month to finish the small 250 page classic, and less than 24 hours the 336 page biography. 🤦🤷

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Some short classics can be painful to get through I find. It took me way too long to read Animal Farm. ☺📖💖 5y
madamereadsalot1 @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego ain't that the truth! However the case of this one was more I've split my attention between so many books. Then add that to my mental state being a bit rough lately, which makes reading not my priority. So I just have not been able to invest in any one title. But somehow, Wild Bill completely absorbed me. I'd actually not mind reading The Virginian again when I'm in a better head space. 5y
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madamereadsalot1
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Saw this for $4 on kindle today and have made it to 30% in no time. I don't know why I'm obsessed with this time period right now, but I am, and this book is satisfying so much of that obsession.

One thing consistently mentioned, is it seems everyone thought Hickok was a hottie with a capital H. Even some of the men note his perfect manliness. 😆