1876 : The Year Bat, Wyatt, Custer, Jesse, and the Two Bills (Buffalo and Wild) Created the Wild West, and Why It's Still with Us

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910795877503321
• Autore: Wiegand Steve
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ashland : , : Bancroft Press, , 2022; ©2022
• ISBN: 9781610885829; 9781610885805
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (496 pages)
• Soggetti: United States; West (U.S.)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: How Bat, Wyatt, Custer, Jesse and Two Bills - Wild and Buffalo - created the Wild West during America's 100th birthday.