Wild Bill Hickok follows James Butler Hickok from wartime scout and law officer to gambler and western celebrity. It examines the shootings and newspaper stories that established his reputation in Kansas cattle towns and the wider frontier.
The biography separates documented gunfights from exaggerated claims and considers Hickok’s work as a marshal, scout and performer. It concludes with his murder while playing cards in Deadwood and the rapid conversion of his death into one of the best-known legends of the American West.
