The gripping tale of a murder in Dodge City in 1878--and how legendary lawmen chased down the killer. This account of that event is a fast-paced, unforgettable glimpse into the Old West. Documents the legendary 1878 collaboration of famous sharpshooters Charlie Bassett, Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, and Bill Tilghman during which they hunted down a cattle baron who was believed to have murdered a popular dance-hall performer. Original.
The gripping tale of a murder in Dodge City in 1878--and how legendary lawmen chased down the killer. This account of that event is a fast-paced, unforgettable glimpse into the Old West.Documents the legendary 1878 collaboration of famous sharpshooters Charlie Bassett, Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, and Bill Tilghman during which they hunted down a cattle baron who was believed to have murdered a popular dance-hall performer. Original.
Chris Enss is a New York Times best-selling author who has been writing about women of the Old West for more than thirty years. She has penned more than fifty published books on the subject. Her work has been honored with nine Will Rogers Medallion Awards, two Elmer Kelton Book Awards, an Oklahoma Center for the Book Award, three Foreword Review Magazine Book Awards, the Laura Downing Journalism Award, and a WILLA Award from Women Writing the West for Best Scholarly Nonfiction Book. Enss s most recent works are The Widowed Ones: Beyond the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Along Came a Cowgirl: Daring and Iconic Cowgirls of Rodeos and Wild West Shows, Straight Lady: The Life and Times of Margaret Dumont The Fifth Marx Brother, and The Doctor Was A Woman: Stories of the First Female Physicians on the Frontier.
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Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Murder of a Nightingale Cold-Blooded Assassin A Posse on the Move Thunder over the Prairie Caught in a Storm Beyond the River Waiting for a Killer Captured The Gunman's Trial End of the Trail Suggested Further Reading Index About the Authors
Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Murder of a Nightingale Cold-Blooded Assassin A Posse on the Move Thunder over the Prairie Caught in a Storm Beyond the River Waiting for a Killer Captured The Gunman's Trial End of the Trail Suggested Further Reading Index About the Authors
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