1876 : : The Year Bat, Wyatt, Custer, Jesse, and the Two Bills (Buffalo and Wild) Created the Wild West, and Why It's Still with Us.

• Author: Wiegand, Steve.
• Place / Publishing House: Ashland : : Bancroft Press,, 2022.; Ã2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (496 pages)

How Bat, Wyatt, Custer, Jesse and Two Bills - Wild and Buffalo - created the Wild West during America's 100th birthday.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: The Year -- Chapter 1: "He was a good shot, and not afraid" January: Bat Masterson and the Sweetwater Shootout -- Chapter 2: "I never heard him laugh" May: Wyatt Earp comes to Dodge City -- Chapter 3: "Rascality so shameless" Interlude: Money, politics, and other entertainments -- Chapter 4: "Thou of the sunny flowing hair" June: The end of George Armstrong Custer -- Chapter 5: "First scalp for Custer!" July: Buffalo Bill and the Duel at Warbonnet Creek -- Chapter 6: "My God, it talks!" Interlude: Inventions, innovations, and the Philadelphia Fair -- Chapter 7: "Damn you, take that!" August: Wild Bill's last hand -- Chapter 8: "Get your guns, boys, they're robbing the bank!" September: The last ride of the James-Younger Gang -- Chapter 9: "Seven can't beat eight" Interlude: Stealing a president-and the presidency -- Part II: Aftermath -- Chapter 10: "The last of the greatest" The two lives of Bat Masterson -- Chapter 11: "The bloke from Arizona" Wyatt goes Hollywood -- Chapter 12: "The women who weep" Two widows and a Calamity -- Chapter 13: "Is that you, Buck?" Old outlaws and a "dirty little coward -- Chapter 14: "Cody...you have fetched 'em!" The world meets the Wild West -- Chapter 15: Keepers of the Flame -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Index.