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    Wild Bill: The Story of James Butler Hickok
    Wild Bill: The Story of James Butler Hickok
    Wild Bill: The Story of James Butler Hickok
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    Wild Bill: The Story of James Butler Hickok

    By Donald Aday

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    Wild Bill Hickok was a man of strong character - a colorful and imposing personality with a single-mindedness that made him stand out and attract much attention. Not one of his friends or peers considered him in a bad light, as this quote from his friend Captain Jack Crawford states:

    “...Wild Bill had his faults, grievous ones, perhaps... He would get drunk, gamble, and indulge in the general licentiousness characteristic of the border in the early days, yet even when full of the vile libel of the name of whiskey which was dealt over the bars at exorbitant prices, he was gentle as a child, unless aroused to anger by intended insults. He was loyal in his friendship, generous to a fault, and invariably espoused the cause of the weaker against the stronger one in a quarrel.”

    A striking and handsome figure, soft-spoken and courteous by nature, easy-going and friendly, he would go out of his way to help a friend in need. But, when roused to anger, and his patience tested, he was a man to be feared, who would meet his foes with overwhelming force, skill and confidence. A fearless and ruthless gunfighter.

    Wild Bill - The Story of James Butler Hickok is a true story of the man, the lawman and the fearless gunfighter who made his inevitable and famous mark in the Old West, and passed into legend.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDonald Aday
    Release dateMar 10, 2012
    ISBN9781465782625
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    Donald Aday

    Author, Artist, residing in Northwest USA.

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      Wild Bill - Donald Aday

      Wild Bill

      The Story of James Butler Hickok

      By Donald J. Aday

      He was loyal in his friendship, generous to a fault, and invariably espoused the cause of the weaker against the stronger one in a quarrel.

      Captain Jack Crawford

      Published by Donald Aday at Smashwords

      Copyright 2012 Donald Aday,

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      Thank you for downloading this ebook. It is licensed for your use only and your personal enjoyment. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy.

      Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Dedication

      For Diana, Ron, Achilles, Carol, Johnny and Mindy

      ****~~~****

      ****~~~****

      Chapter 1: A Man of Character

      The Western Territories of the United States during the last half of the 1800’s was the new frontier of the day. The land was still open, wild and lawless. The men and women who ventured into this territory found that their survival depended as much on their skills with weapons as with farming tools for creating a successful life. Even in the towns of some size, where a more civilized structure had been established, lawlessness had to be dealt with. It took brave men to put on the lawman’s badge and enforce the law, and some of these men were well known for their prowess with a gun and people began calling them gunfighters. Many of these gunfighters and lawmen passed through the Old West, but few are remembered, fewer still became legends.

      James Butler Hickok was a man of impressive character, destined for fame. He favored adventure, but was happiest with an easy way of life. He was a good man who was courteous and gentlemanly by nature. A man who followed his own course, who was honest and loyal to his friends, but also a man who had large flaws. He was not good at keeping a job or staying put for any long period of time. After a lifetime of independence and drifting from one town to another, he entered his only marriage late in life, and he left his new wife soon after for more adventure. He was one of the most fearless killers ever to draw a pistol. He was a gambler of no real prowess.

      Hickok wanted what any other young man of the time wanted - to be free to seek adventures, and to find his fortune in the wide open spaces of the Old West. Better known as Wild Bill, he remains one of the first and most famous of the Western gunfighters.

      Although his reputation as a gunfighter grew to astounding proportions, Wild Bill actually killed fewer men than were accounted for in the newspapers and dime novels of his day. He drew his revolvers in face-to-face confrontations only six times that are recorded. A number that is far less than the fabricated estimations of the hundreds of men he is said

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