Imagining Wild Bill James Butler Hickok in War, Media, and Memory |
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| Author:
| Ashdown, Paul
Caudill, Edward |
| Series title: | Engaging the Civil War Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8093-3788-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2020 |
| Publisher: | Southern Illinois University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $26.50 |
Book Description:
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When it came to the Wild West, the nineteenth-century press rarely let truth get in the way of a good story. James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok's story was no exception. Mythologized and sensationalized, Hickok was turned into the deadliest gunfighter of all, a so-called moral killer, a national phenomenon even while he was alive.
When it came to the Wild West, the nineteenth-century press rarely let truth get in the way of a good story. James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok's story was no exception. Mythologized and sensationalized, Hickok was turned into the deadliest gunfighter of all, a so-called moral killer, a national phenomenon even while he was alive.