Wild Bill Hickok, Gunfighter: An Account of Hickok's Gunfights
“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...
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"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 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.
Dedication2The Author4Preface7Acknowledgments91The Making of a Gunfighter112Wild Bill's Guns283The Pistoleer484Rock Creek: The McCanles Fight605The Hickok-Tutt Duel806Hays City: The Mulvey and Strawhun Shootouts967Hays City: The Fight with 7th Cavalry Soldiers1148Hickok and Hardin1249Abilene: The Phil Coe Shootout13610Aces and Eights15211Laid to Rest17612Mount Moriah: The Final Resting Place18213Wild Bill's Rifle and Others18814Weapons of the Gunfights198Bibliography210Index214
