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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34046472 Title: Wild Bill Hickok : the man and his myth Author: Joseph G Rosa Publisher: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, ©1996. ISBN/ISSN: 9780700615230 0700615237 9780700607730 0700607730 OCLC:34046472

  
  

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Wild Bill Hickok : the man and his myth

Author:	Joseph G Rosa
Publisher:	Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, ©1996.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Excavating the reality behind the myth, author 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, wagon master, 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. Aggrandized in an 1867 Harper's article, Hickok reluctantly embraced his exaggerated role in a far-fetched but exciting story. Establishing the role an overzealous press and fortune-seeking dime novelists played in immortalizing Wild Bill, Rosa reveals a great deal about how myths were initiated and perpetuated to glorify the nineteenth-century frontier.--From publisher description.  Read more...
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Subjects	Hickok, Wild Bill, -- 1837-1876. Peace officers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography. Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) View all subjects
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