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Wild Bill Hickok
The Man and His Myth
by Joseph G. Rosa
ISBN: 0700607730
ISBN-13: 9780700607730
Format: Hardcover
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"A wonderful account of the myths that followed Wild Bill. Rosa has solved some mysteries and spiced his text with new tales and many delightful illustrations." -- Dee Brown
"No one knows more about Hickok than Joe Rosa. Here he sets to paper the fruits of a lifetime of diligent study." -- Robert M. Utley
"Pathbreaking. This book will delight everyone fascinated by the fact and fiction of the Old West." -- Brian W. Dippie
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas
Published date: 1996
Size: 6.25 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.45 pounds
Pages: 276
Publisher's Notes
James Butler Hickok was alternately labeled courageous, affable, and self-confident; cowardly, cold-blooded, and drunken; a fine specimen of physical manhood; an overdressed dandy with perfumed hair; an unequaled marksman; a poor shot. Born in Illinois in 1837, he was shot dead in Deadwood only 39 years later. By then both famous and infamous, he was widely known as "Wild Bill". Excavating the reality behind the myth, Joseph Rosa delves into the exploits and ego that defined Hickok and shows how the man was overtaken by his own legend. Rosa exposes a controversial and charismatic man - army and Indian scout, wagonmaster, courier, frontiersman, gunfighter, lawman, prospector, addicted gambler, and short-time actor - who was elevated from regional fame to national notoriety by inadvertently being in the right place at the right time. Culminating four decades of research by one of the top authorities on Wild West legends, this is a highly entertaining account of the larger-than-life character whose reported accomplishments - both real and imaginary - frequently brought him unwanted publicity. Setting the record straight, Rosa exposes some of the deliberate lies that vested Hickok with a "man-killer" reputation he didn't deserve. In the process, Rosa reveals a great deal about how myths were initiated and perpetuated to glorify the nineteenth-century frontier.
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Wild Bill Hickok: The Man and His Myth
Rosa, Joseph G
Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket: Bump to tail of spine. Light wear to . dust jacket. A few tiny closed tears to dust jacket at top edge.. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. ( more information) Offered by All Booked Up (United States)
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Wild Bill Hickok. The Man and His Myth
Rosa, Joseph
Univ. Press of Kansas, 1996. A Fine book and a Fine dustjacket. 276 pages.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. ( more information) Offered by Blue Nile Books (United States)
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Wild Bill Hickok
ROSA, Joseph G
Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1996. Later printing. HB.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 276 p. The biography of a controversial and charismatic man who was shot dead at Deadwood at the age of 39. ( more information) Offered by The Bound Page (United States)
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Wild Bill Hickok: The Man and His Myth
ROSA, JOSEPH G
Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Kansas, 1996 VERY GOOD IN VERY GOOD DUSTJACKET. ( more information) Offered by Madison Antiquarian Books (United States)
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Rosa, Joseph G
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Rosa, Joe
Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press. As New in As New dj~ New in dj. 1996. First Edition~ First Printing. Hardcover. Index, notes, biblio, b/w photos. The Hardin-Hickok showdown and other stories are analyzed here in this book. Four decades of research by the top Hickok scholar, this book is readable, accurate and downright fun. A good account of a legendary character whose reputation frequently brought him unwanted publicity. ~ B&W Photographs~ 8vo~ 272 pages . ( more information) Offered by Early West (United States)
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Joseph G. Rosa
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