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 Author Name: Joseph G. Rosa
Title: WILD BILL HICKOK, GUNFIGHTER: AN ACCOUNT OF HICKOK'S GUNFIGHTS
Binding: Paperback
Type: BOOK
Publisher: UNIVERSITY of OKLAHOMA PRESS
ISBN Number: 0806135352 / 9780806135359
Seller ID: 1062766
Hickok (1837?1876) was a Civil War spy & scout, Indian fighter, gambler, & peace officer. He was also one of the greatest gunfighters in the West. 149 B&W illus., 37 line drawings, 11 maps; 7x10 inches, 216 pgs.
''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.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Joseph G. Rosa is the leading authority on Wild Bill Hickok. He is the author of four related titles published by the University of Oklahoma Press: The Gunfighter: Man or Myth'; Age of the Gunfighter: Men and Weapons on the Frontier 1840'1900; The West of Wild Bill Hickok; and They Called Him Wild Bill: The Life and Adventures of James Butler Hickok.
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