Wild Bill Hickok: Legend of the Wild WestJames Butler Wild Bill Hickok's antics as a gunslinger, spy, and abolitionist were part fact and part fiction. The famed sharpshooter, lawman, and Wild West showman lived during a time of unprecedented westward expansion, economic, development, and civil unrest. Providing information on the Civil War and the Underground Railroad, this easy-to-read book uses primary source images that reflect the life of a true American adventurer. |
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1837 publication abolitionist print depicting Agnes Lake Thatcher appointed Battle Bill's Wild West born in Homer brawl broadside Buffalo Bill's Wild Butler Hickok Butler Wild Bill Civil Civil War Confederate COUNTRYMEN IN CHAINS Custer Deadwood dime-store novel dispatch rider end slavery famous fight fought Gettysburg HEADING WEST Helping slaves escape Hickok and Polly Hickok family historians housed illustrate the 1837 Indian Slayer INDIAN WARS PERIOD James Butler Wild Jane John Greenleaf Kansas killed knife known as Wild land legend Library of Congress married McCall Native Americans Number panoramic map photograph of Abilene pioneer poem Polly Butler PRIMARY SOURCE ROSEN CLASSROOM ROUGH RIDERS saloon Scouts settlers SHARPSHOOTER shot showman SLAVE TRADE Slavery was legal soldiers South Dakota starred in Buffalo story claims STREET STREET U.S. Library U.S. marshal Underground Railroad Union army UNITED STATES SLAVE Vermont west to Illinois WHITTIER Wild Bill Hickok Wild West show William Alonzo Hickok