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"Clavin, a wily veteran of the writing trade, tacks up the truth like wanted posters in every chapter, while simultaneously savoring a few of the more fanciful falsehoods along the way, a neat trick in which he displays some ambidexterity of his own." ―New York Times Book Review"A vigorous yarn....Clavin writes fluently and often entertainingly of a man shrouded in legend while being all too human." ―Kirkus Reviews"Well written, full of vivid characters, and detailed. Fans of the Old West and the HBO show Deadwood will appreciate the wild ride." ―Booklist "Rollicking...an entertaining tale of the man and the legend." ―Publishers Weekly "Fascinating...a page-turner that may keep the reader up late at night." ―The Oklahoman"Wild Bill will appeal to readers with a fascination for American history, particularly those with an interest in post-Civil War westward expansion. But to a wider audience that has grown up with a romanticized and possibly sanitized version of this slice of America’s story, Clavin’s book will offer a well-researched, entertaining, and more realistic version of America’s past."―The Missourian
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About the Author
TOM CLAVIN is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and has worked as a newspaper and web site editor, magazine writer, TV and radio commentator, and a reporter for The New York Times. He has received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, and National Newspaper Association. His books include The Heart of Everything That Is, Halsey’s Typhoon, and Reckless. He lives in Sag Harbor, NY.
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Product details
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Press (February 5, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1250173795
ISBN-13: 978-1250173799
Product Dimensions:
6.7 x 1.3 x 9.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.3 out of 5 stars
26 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#3,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
After having read scores of old western biographies, including ones on Hickok, this book was a huge disappointment. There is almost no original information, the text is riddled with cliches, full of mini-bios of other people of little interest to the story, and with virtually no details of the vague accounts the author describes. I kept reading thinking: "well maybe the next chapter will have some real information". But it never happened. One star is overly generous.
A somewhat interesting but boring account of one of my boyhood Heroes. Mr Clavin’s account is I’m sure factually correct but it made for boring reading.
Good book great buy
I notice the two negative reviews posted for various reasons and I can only say that I enjoyed the book thoroughly. The book covers Hickok's family life prior to his arrival in Hays City, Kansas, where he became marshal and developed his reputation as a "shootist" as well as keeping some semblance of order in the town. Also becoming marshal in Abilene, Kansas, Hickok would walk down the center of the street to prevent anyone from jumping him from a nearby building.The problem for anyone who acquires the reputation as the top gun involves others who are willing to risk their life in trying to prove that they can take you down from your lofty position. This went fine for Hickok until he realized his vision was failing. Various reasons were given as to the cause of this malady.I felt author Tom Clavin did a good job in explaining how the times were changing and the days of the west of Wild Bill Hickok were coming to an end. This led Hickok to come to Deadwood to try in luck in the gold rush taking place in the Black Hills. The roaring camp of Deadwood was a typical western town full of gamblers, outlaws, and brothels.As is well known Hickok met his demise on August 2nd, 1876, less than two months after General Custer got shut out at the Greasy Grass in Montana. Ironically, he arrived late for a card game and his favorite seat where he could survey the room was occupied by a seventeen year old who didn't want to surrender his position to Wild Bill. Crooked Nose Jack McCall took a position behind HIckok and shot him in the head with the bullet exiting and then entering into the wrist of Captain William Massie who carried the bullet with him for the rest of his life.Author Clavin covers Hickok's love life with his brief marriage to Agnes Lake who was involved with her circus in Cincinnati at the time of her husband's death. HIckok's real or imaginary love life with Calamity Jane is also covered.The book contains sixteen pages of photographs and I enjoyed the book because I felt it provided me with a good picture of what life was like in the lusty wild west during the days of Wild Bill Hickok.
Very readable, very accessible bio of Wild Bill. Gets into the subject quickly. What a life this guy had, though there is a sad inevitability to it all. Author tends to go off on tangents about other people which most of the time is fun and informative but a few times distracting from the tale of JB Hickock. Not sure if he likes or hates (Joseph) Rosa but he cites him a lot and that bio is probably the gold standard, if you want detail. Perfect for a first time bio or reader with casual interest in the Old West who does not want to get bogged down. Highly entertaining.
Well-researched and well-written.
Not since Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser have I read a book on the Old West that grips me as much as Wild Bill by Tom Clavin. Wild Bill (whose real name was James) is a historical character whose story is fascinating and ultimately tragic in much the same way as Princess Diana's. For one thing, it is impossible not to like Bill Hickok. He was too chivalrous not to like, even love, as so many men and women seem to have, both close-up and at a distance. Hickok favored justice and the underdog. He cared about those in need of help. Hickok was astonishing for his courage and God's grace upon him during the Civil War. (Advice: Read slowly. Your jaw will drop.)Clavin's measured and analytical (without being negative) approach to this biography makes reading it a joy. It seems he wisely wants to avoid the fate of Nichols, the journalist who wrote the 1867 piece in Harper's New Monthly on Wild Bill Hickok that made the young sharpshooter an overnight national hero. (Writers and cowboys share the experience of the rough ride, even if one is more psychological.) Clavin tells how that one story changed the lives of both writer and subject.Another element that makes Clavin's book valuable is his sensitive descriptions of people whom Hickok knew or who impacted the change of the West for good or ill. Clavin has a great sense of the right touch. He fuels the reader's interest with sensitively drawn depictions (starting with the prologue) of people like Davis Tutt (friend turned foe of Hickok), James Chisholm, half Scottish and half Cherokee, a kind man who spoke 14 native American dialects, Calamity Jane (whom Old West TV fans will remember from the phenomenal series Deadwood created by David Milch)--there is a great story of Jane and a loan--General Custer, Buffalo Bill Cody and an assortment of unsavory newcomers. The reader will be glad to know about them all. Setting the stage and explaining the co-players is so important. We want to grasp Hickok by the place and people of his, after all.The way towns are described gives great pause. The ones we live in today are no way what they once were. Clavin pulls the reader back to a past full of drama and tragedy today hidden by malls and modern streets. Kansas readers of this biography may appear downtown with startled expressions.I appreciated learning from Clavin that although Hickok tried to live up to the image created (perhaps disastrously) by Nichols, he was true to himself in ways that helped shape society--in my opinion, for the better. (How do we continue to tolerate, or for that matter, produce, creatures like McCall?) I really do not want to give too much away.I got the sense that Hickok did what he did because of his values. As I was reading, I could not get the comparison with Princess Diana out of my head: both she and Hickok were beautiful, talented, graceful human beings with flaws because they were human. They were daring, loved and hunted. They touched the people of their time and they paid the price for their gifts. Thank you, Tom Clavin. You have done a marvelous job in painting a haunting and moving picture of Wild Bill Hickok and the America he lived in. Thank you, as well #NetGalley and #St. Martin's Press. This will not be the first book I purchase hardback after reading the ebook version.
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