Download or read book The Further Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok written by Robert J. Randisi and published by Dorchester Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned Western editor and author, Randisi, relates more of the life of Wild Bill Hickok in this larger-than-life tale of the early West.
Download or read book They Called Him Wild Bill written by Joseph G. Rosa and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His contemporaries called him Wild Bill, and newspapermen and others made him a legend in his own time. Among western characters only General George Armstrong Custer and Buffalo Bill Cody are as readily recognized by the general public. In writing this biography, Joseph G. Rosa has expressed the hope that "Hickok emerges as a man and not a legend." For this comprehensive revision of his earlier biography of Wild Bill the author was allowed to work from newly available materials in the possession of the Hickok family. He also discovered new material pertaining to Wild Bill’s Civil War exploits and his service as a marshal and found the pardon file of his murderer, John McCall. Additional, rare photographs of Wild Bill are published here for the first time. The results of Rosa’s additional research make this second edition the best biography of Wild Bill likely to be written for years to come.
Download or read book The Further Adventures of James Butler Hickok written by J.R. Roberts and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GIANT ACTION! GIANT ADVENTURE! THE GUNSMITH GIANT THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF JAMES BUTLER HICKOK A Gunsmith Giant Edition Clint Adams is setting the record straight and spilling his secrets... Clint Adams does not do interviews. So, when a writer from New York tracks Clint down in Denver for a story, he refuses to talk. That is, until he learns that the writer is looking to report on Clint's old friend. Wild Bill Hickok—and to paint Bill as a coward. The writer is claiming that most of the men Wild Bill killed were shot in the back, making Bill sound like some no-good snake. Clint won't stand for Bill's reputation to be dragged through the mud. He'd rather break his own rule and sit down with the writer to tell the true story, for once and for all. But to preserve the legacy of one James Butler Hickok, Clint might have to open some old wounds and share some tales he never thought he'd tell...
Download or read book Wild Bill Hickok written by Joseph G. Rosa and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eulogised and ostracised, James Butler Hickok was alternately labelled courageous, affable, and self-confident; cowardly, cold-blooded, and drunken; a fine specimen of manhood; an overdressed dandy with perfumed hair; an unequaled marksman; and a poor shot. Born in Illinois in 1837, he was shot dead in Deadwood only 39 years later. By then both famous and infamous, he was widely known as Wild Bill.
Download or read book Wild Bill Hickok Gunfighter written by Joseph G. Rosa and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “James Butler Hickok, generally called ‘Wild Bill,’ epitomized the archetypal gunfighter, that half-man, half-myth that became the heir to the mystique of the duelist when that method of resolving differences waned. . . . Easy access to a gun and whiskey coupled with gambling was the cause of most gunfights--few of which bore any resemblance to the gentlemanly duel of earlier times. . . . Hickok’s gunfights were unusual in that most of them were ‘fair’ fights, not just killings resulting from rage, jealousy over a woman, or drunkenness. And, the majority of his encounters were in his role as lawman or as an individual upholding the law.”--from Wild Bill Hickok, Gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok (1837–1876) was a Civil War spy and scout, Indian fighter, gambler, and peace officer. He was also one of the greatest gunfighters in the West. His peers referred to his reflexes as “phenomenal” and to his skill with a pistol as “miraculous.” In Wild Bill Hickok, Gunfighter, Joseph G. Rosa, the world’s foremost authority on Hickok, provides an informative examination of Hickok’s many gunfights. Rosa describes the types of guns used by Hickok and illustrates his use of the plains’ style of “quick draw,” as well as examining other elements of the Hickok legend. He even reconsiders the infamous “dead man’s hand” allegedly held by Hickok when he was shot to death at age thirty-nine while playing poker. Numerous photographs and drawings accompany Rosa’s down-to-earth text.
Download or read book The West of Wild Bill Hickok written by Joseph G. Rosa and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1994-08-31 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the Old West figures whose images eventually found their way into our popular culture, none was better known than Wild Bill Hickok. This book, a companion volume to Joseph Rosa’s exhaustive biography, They Called Him Wild Bill, reproduces in one volume nearly all the known portraits of Wild Bill, together with photographs of his family, his friends, his foes, and the places that knew him.
Download or read book The Illustrated Life and Times of Wild Bill Hickok written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Illustrated Life and Times of Wild Bill Hickok: The First Gunfighter
Download or read book The Great Adventure written by Calvin Clements and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Adventure Series Wild Bill Hickok written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legends of the West written by Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures of Wild Bill and important people, places, and events in his life. *Discusses Wild Bill's most famous shootouts and his murder, explaining what's fact and what's legend. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Wild Bill was a strange character. Add to this figure a costume blending the immaculate neatness of the dandy with the extravagant taste and style of a frontiersman, you have Wild Bill, the most famous scout on the Plains."" - General George Custer Space may be the final frontier, but no frontier has ever captured the American imagination like the "Wild West," which still evokes images of dusty cowboys, outlaws, gunfights, gamblers, and barroom brawls over 100 years after the West was settled. A constant fixture in American pop culture, the 19th century American West continues to be vividly and colorful portrayed not just as a place but as a state of mind. In Charles River Editors' Legends of the West series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America's most famous frontier figures in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. In many ways, the narrative of the Wild West has endured more as legend than reality, and a perfect example of that can be found in the legend of James Butler Hickok (1837-1876), forever known as "Wild Bill." Indeed, separating fact from fiction when it comes to the life of Wild Bill is nearly impossible, something due in great measure to the fact that the man himself exaggerated his own adventures or fabricated stories altogether. When he was killed while playing poker in the mining South Dakotan outpost of Deadwood, he put Deadwood on the map and ensured both his place and his poker hand's place in legend. The best known aspects of Hickok's life hardly distinguish him from other famous Westerners. Like so many others, Hickok headed west as a fugitive of justice, yet that didn't prevent him from becoming a frontier lawman in Kansas, like Wyatt Earp. Hickok also became well known in the West for being a professional gambler and a remarkably quick draw who proved quite deadly in shootouts, like Doc Holliday. What made Hickok stand out from so many of his day was that he was both successful at what he did and he managed to cultivate his own legend through tales of his exploits. By the mid-1870s, Hickok was notorious enough that he went out of his way to play cards with his back to the wall so he could see anyone approaching him. On one of the few occasions he did not, August 2, 1876, he was shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall while holding two pair, Aces and Eights (all black), now known as the Dead Man's Hand. Whether Hickok's legacy would have endured without his legendary death is anyone's guess, but by becoming the first well known Western icon to die with his boots on, he immediately became the West's first hero. Hickok and his life story became the subject of countless "dime store" novels which cast him in larger than life roles loosely based on his adventures or entirely made up. Once Wild Bill became a fixture of American pop culture, he stayed there, and he continues to be depicted in television, movies, and the like. Legends of the West: The Life and Legacy of Wild Bill Hickok chronicles Wild Bill's life, while also analyzing his legacy and the mythology that has enveloped his story, attempting to separate fact from fiction to determine what the frontier legend was really like. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events in his life, you will learn about Wild Bill like you never have before, in no time at all.
Download or read book They Called Him Wild Bill The Life and Adventures of James Butler Hickok With Plates Including Portraits written by Joseph G. ROSA and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wild Bill Hickok and the Wrath of the Dead Rabbits written by James Mic Regan and published by . This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the afternoon of August 2, 1876, in the Number Ten Saloon of Deadwood, Dakota Territory, Wild Bill Hickok was shot in the back and killed while playing cards. A man named Jack McCall was charged with the murder, but found innocent. In 1877, however, McCall was re-arrested for the murder, re-tried, and executed by hanging. Through the author's inside knowledge and meticulous research, questions about Hickok's death can now be answered, including what involvement the Dead Rabbits, an Irish gang from New York, had in the murder of Wild Bill.
Download or read book Aces Eights written by Loren D. Estleman and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dead Man's Hand No one paid any mind to Jack McCall as he unloaded a .44 caliber slug into Wild Bill Hickok's brain at point-blank range. Deadwood's legendary gunslinging marshal was dead, holding a poker hand of aces and eights, a dead man's hand. The question the law wanted to know: was McCall a hired killer or did he kill Hickok to avenge his brother's death? Find out in Loren D. Estleman's Aces & Eights. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Stories from Wild Bill Hickok 16 written by Richard Buchko and published by . This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wild Bill and the Treachery of Conquering Bear""Dunk Blackburn: Shotgun Signature""Calamity Jane: Two-Gun Terror""Boots Bradley"The legend of Wild Bill Hickok echoes from the plains of the frontier, through the mountains, and on to Deadwood. Now you can again enjoy the amazing stories of the classic comics from the 1950's, relive the old West as it was and how we imagined it, with these great full-color comic reprints. The comic reprints from Calumet History and Hobby are reproduced from actual classic comics, and sometimes reflect the imperfection of books that are decades old. These books are constantly updated with the best version available - if you are EVER unhappy with the experience or quality of a book, return the book to us to exchange for another title or the upgrade as new files become available.
Download or read book Life and Marvelous Adventures of Wild Bill the Scout written by J. W. Buel and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-14 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Two books about American legend Wild Bill Hickok are in this edition: Life and Marvelous Adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout & Wild Bill's Last Trail 'Wild Bill' Hickok American James Butler Hickok (1837-1876) was a folk hero of the Old West, known for his frontier work wagon master, soldier, spy, scout, lawman, gunfighter, gambler and showman. He was notorious due to his outlandish - and often fabricated - tales about his life. Hickok was born and raised on an Illinois farm in an era when lawlessness and vigilante activity was rampant. Hickok was attracted to this ruffian lifestyle and headed west at 18 as a fugitive from justice. He worked as a stagecoach driver and later a frontier lawman in Kansas and Nebraska. He spied for the Union Army during the American Civil War and was well-known as a scout, marksman, and professional gambler. Over the course of his life, he was involved in several notable shootouts. Book I Life and Marvelous Adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout, being a true and exact history of all the sanguinary combats and hair-breadth escapes of the most famous scout and spy America ever produced (First Published 1880). By author J. W. (James) Buel This is purportedly a "true" history of the hair-breadth escapes of the most famous scout and spy America has ever known. The book is generally considered the first biography of Wild Bill, but author J.W. Buel was not known for his accuracy. The author claimed to have known Wild Bill and to have had access to his diary, but -- as is the case in many works about legendary Western figures -- the truth and the fiction often combine. Book II Wild Bill's Last Trail, by Ned Buntline (pen name of New York writer Edward Zane Carroll Judson, Sr. 1821-1886). A story of one of the most noted shots, and certainly the most desperate man of his age and day west of the Mississippi River Author Ned Buntline was an American publisher, journalist, writer, and publicist. He reputedly commissioned the Colt firearms manufacturer to make a customized revolver (although evidence of that is hard to come by). Buntline was reportedly in Nebraska when learned that "Wild Bill" Hickok was in Fort McPherson. He hoped to interview him and found Hickok in a saloon. As the story goes, Buntline rushed up to Hickok saying, "There's my man! I want you!" Hickok wasn't a fan of surprises. He threatened Buntline with a gun and told him to get out of town within 24 hours. Buntline wasn't taking any chances and left but he decided to finding Hickok's friends to gather stories. This may be how he first met Buffalo Bill.
Download or read book Stories from Wild Bill Hickok 19 written by Richard Buchko and published by . This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wild Bill Hickok and the Trail Herd Gunfights""Custer's Last Fight: The Indian Wars""Custer's Last Fight: The Battle of Little Big Horn""The Fighting Parson"The legend of Wild Bill Hickok echoes from the plains of the frontier, through the mountains, and on to Deadwood. Now you can again enjoy the amazing stories of the classic comics from the 1950's, relive the old West as it was and how we imagined it, with these great full-color comic reprints. The comic reprints from Calumet History and Hobby are reproduced from actual classic comics, and sometimes reflect the imperfection of books that are decades old. These books are constantly updated with the best version available - if you are EVER unhappy with the experience or quality of a book, return the book to us to exchange for another title or the upgrade as new files become available.
Download or read book Life and Marvelous Adventures of Wild Bill the Scout Illustrated Edition written by J. W. Buel and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-19 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being a True and Exact History of all the Sanguinary Combats and Hair-Breadth Escapes of the Most Famous Scout and Spy America Ever Produced. This biography of Wild Bill Hickok was written by a journalist from the St Louis Press and is reprinted from the 1881 edition.
