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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.
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.