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Fact-based stories about the Western lawmen Wild Bill Hickock, Tom Smith, Willie Kennard, Bat Masterson, Charlie Siringo, and Wyatt Earp.

A fictionalized account of the life of Wild Bill Hickok, in graphic novel format.

Profiles the life and exploits of William Hickok, the legendary Western sharpshooter known as Wild Bill.

Profiles the life and exploits of William Hickok, the legendary Western sharpshooter known as Wild Bill.

"In a dystopian magical world, a community's sworn protector struggles to keep a fracture in the populace from breaking out into violence"-- Provided by publisher.

Looks at famous lawmen from the Wild West, discussing how they enforced the law in an almost lawless frontier.

"Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded with the coming of the railroad, cattle drives, eager miners, settlers, and various entrepreneurs passing through to populate the expanding West. Before long, Dodge City's streets were lined with saloons and brothels and its populace was thick with gunmen, horse thieves, and desperadoes of every sort. By the 1870s, Dodge City was known as the most violent and turbulent town in the West. Enter Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson. Young and largely self-trained men, the lawmen led the effort that established frontier justice and the rule of law in the American West, and did it in the wickedest place in the United States. When they moved on, Wyatt to Tombstone and Bat to Colorado, a tamed Dodge was left in the hands of Jim Masterson. But before long Wyatt and Bat, each having had a lawman brother killed, returned to that threatened western Kansas town to team up to restore order again in what became known as the Dodge City War before riding off into the sunset. The true story of their friendship, romances, gunfights, and adventures, along with the remarkable cast of characters they encountered along the way (including Wild Bill Hickock, Jesse James, Doc Holliday, Buffalo Bill Cody, John Wesley Hardin, Billy the Kid, and Theodore Roosevelt) has gone largely untold--lost in the haze of Hollywood films and western fiction, until now"--.

Examines the facts and fictions surrounding the life and legend of Wyatt Earp. Includes a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs.

"Readers will love this high-interest book that focuses on the real-life outlaws and sheriffs that lived in the Wild West. They'll learn about the most notorious outlaws, including Jesse James and Billy the Kid, as well as famous lawmen and sheriffs, including Wild Bill Hickok and Wyatt Earp. Brilliant visuals accompany fascinating text to give readers a once-in-a-lifetime learning adventure. Sidebars will deepen readers' understanding of the topic, while 'Truth or Myth?' fact boxes shed light on the authentic cops and robbers of the American Wild West"--Provided by the publisher.

"On October 26, when Doc Holliday and the Earp brothers faced off against the Clantons and the McLaurys in Tombstone, Arizona, Wyatt Earp was the last man standing, the only one unscathed. The lies began before the smoke cleared-- this is the story of the woman behind the myth: Josephine Sarah Marcus, who loved Wyatt Earp for forty-nine years and who carefully chipped away at the truth until she had crafted the heroic legend that would become the epitaph her husband deserved."--Provided by publisher.