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.
How Bat, Wyatt, Custer, Jesse and Two Bills - Wild and Buffalo - created the Wild West during America's 100th birthday.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ashland : : Bancroft Press,, 2022. Ã2022. |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (496 pages) |
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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.