Hickok, ‘Wild Bill’
Hickok, ‘Wild Bill’ ( James Butler) (1837–76) US frontiersman. A renowned marksman, he was a scout first with the Union Army during the American
Civil War, and then with George
Custer. He served as US marshal in Kansas (1869–71), and later toured with the Wild West show of ‘Buffalo Bill’. He was shot dead while playing poker.
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Wild Bill Hickok: The Man and His Myth / Buffalo Bill and His Wild West: A Pictorial Biography
Magazine article from: Journal of American Culture; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; Wild Bill Hickok: The Man and His...describes how the Hickok family was approached...following the death of Wild Bill for souvenirs and...dime novels about Wild Bill Hickok are well represented...that of Wild Bill Hickok. In 1989, he published...
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Wild Bill Hickok: The Man and His Myth.
Magazine article from: The Historian; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...subject, James B. "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837-76), and marks...the definitive work on Hickok. His first attempt came...man. He states that Wild Bill killed only in the line...outrageous acts ascribed to Hickok, such as "killing hundreds...
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Wild Bill Hickok's CARD GAME.
Magazine article from: Handguns; 5/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...who are not able to tell you that Wild Bill Hickok was holding a pair of aces and eights...basis for getting me thinking about Hickok, his daily life, his guns and...a few highlights of James Butler Hickok's life. He was many things...
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Wild Bill' Hickok letter sets a world record
Magazine article from: Antiques & Collecting Magazine; 8/1/2003; ; 456 words
; ...written by western icon James B. "Wild Bill" Hickok, which set a world record price...From your ever loving Husband J B Hickok Wild Bill By By" His softhearted...Western historians have described Hickok in the past. Here, two months...
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Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane.(Brief article)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch; 12/1/2008; 490 words
; Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane James D. McLaird...Dakota Wesleyan University), Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane is a biographical...abiding and outlaw. Though Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane were in together in the...
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Wild Bill Hickok
Magazine article from: Antiques & Collecting Magazine; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...studies his hand. The man is "Wild Bill" Hickok, former Marshal of Abilene, and...Grove, Illinois, James Butler Hickok, "Wild Bill" as he became known...McCall for the murder of Wild Bill Hickok, who now rests peacefully in Mt...
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 "Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)")
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Calamity Jane: Part cheers, mostly booze: With her Wild Bill Hickok days behind her, legendary woman made quite a splash with Inland Northwest locals.
Newspaper article from: Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA); 2/26/2006; 700+ words
; ...Part cheers, mostly booze With her Wild Bill Hickok days behind her, legendary woman...Jane, a nickname which implied both wild abandon and trouble. Martha Canary...some accounts a the famous Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood, S.D., even though...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Tour the former hometownof Ike and 'Wild Bill' Hickok.(Going Places)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 7/8/2001; 700+ words
; ...long way since U.S. marshal "Wild Bill" Hickok strapped on his six gun and went...was dubbed "the wickedest and wildest town in the West." Abilene was...dangerously rowdy and James Butler Hickok, a Civil War scout and Indian...
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Guy Madison; Played TV's Wild Bill Hickok
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/7/1996; 278 words
; ...running 1950s television series "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok," died Tuesday. He was 74. Mr. Madison, who made...From 1951-58, he portrayed Marshal James Butler Hickok in a precursor to other popular series about historic...
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Gambling - Montana style.(includes related article on gambler Wild Bill Hickok)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Montana Business Quarterly; 12/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...cowboys, deputies, gunfighters, and other rugged Wild West types. Not all of them were so unfortunate as Wild Bill Hickok, though. Wild Bill met his end at a card game in 1876. The sharp...
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Wild Bill Hickok
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Wild Bill Hickok 1837-76, American frontier marshal...Ill. His real name was James Butler Hickok. He took part in the Kansas struggle preceeding...East with Buffalo Bill (1872-73), Hickok went to Deadwood (now in S.Dak.) where...
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Hickok, Wild Bill
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Hickok, Wild Bill, sobriquet of James Butler Hickok (1837–76), Illinois‐born scout...famous in frontier tales. He toured the East with Buffalo Bill (1872–73), and was murdered at Deadwood, S...
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Hickok, ‘Wild Bill’
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Hickok, ‘Wild Bill’ ( James Butler ) (1837–76) US...Kansas (1869–71), and later toured with the Wild West show of ‘Buffalo Bill’. He was shot dead while playing poker.
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James Butler Hickok
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...an inflated story about Hickok was published in Harper...this grew the legend of "Wild Bill, " the western hero...Reading Frank J. Wilstach, Wild Bill Hickok: The Prince of Pistoleers...Adventures of James Butler Hickok (1964). Another reliable...
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Calamity Jane
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...woman in the days of the Wild West. As unconventional...day she accompanied Wild Bill Hickok into town; apparently...that she was fathered by Hickok (as the daughter claimed...McCall shot and killed Hickok. Calamity took no revenge...
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