Authors: Joseph G. Rosa
ISBN-13: 9780806135359, ISBN-10: 0806135352
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Date Published: May 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
"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.
Dedication | 2 | |
The Author | 4 | |
Preface | 7 | |
Acknowledgments | 9 | |
1 | The Making of a Gunfighter | 11 |
2 | Wild Bill's Guns | 28 |
3 | The Pistoleer | 48 |
4 | Rock Creek: The McCanles Fight | 60 |
5 | The Hickok-Tutt Duel | 80 |
6 | Hays City: The Mulvey and Strawhun Shootouts | 96 |
7 | Hays City: The Fight with 7th Cavalry Soldiers | 114 |
8 | Hickok and Hardin | 124 |
9 | Abilene: The Phil Coe Shootout | 136 |
10 | Aces and Eights | 152 |
11 | Laid to Rest | 176 |
12 | Mount Moriah: The Final Resting Place | 182 |
13 | Wild Bill's Rifle and Others | 188 |
14 | Weapons of the Gunfights | 198 |
Bibliography | 210 | |
Index | 214 |