THE REVENGER: The Life and Times of Wild Bill Hickok

Examines the life of Wild Bill in the context of nineteenth-century American history, from his birth through his early manhood, to his eventual demise. Woodard includes details of Hickok's most famous gunfights, the weapons used, and the participants and outcomes--and of course the end of his career when he died at the hands of an assassin in a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota. Photos.