Author

Publication

1986 - Random House, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

91,250 words, Guess

Page Count

365 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10039453669X
  • ISBN-139780394536699
  • Goodreads1288067
  • Library of Congress Control Number85019635
  • OCLC Control Number12556538
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780394536699
  • Open LibraryOL20930780M

Classifications

  • LCCPS3554.E95 D4 1986
  • LCCPS3554.E95D4 1986

Description

This novel by the National Book Award-winning author Pete Dexter captures with lean and rugged prose the spirit of the old West. Wild Bill Hickock is getting old, but he can still shoot a shot glass off the head of a bulldog at thirty paces. He's come to the brawling boomtown of Deadwood to do some gambling. Dogging his footsteps are Calamity Jane, who is crazy in love with Bill, and the vicious Sherriff Boone May, who is looking to make a name for himself any way he can. And one day Bill is quietly playing cards, holding aces over eights, and Boone's weasely little friend Jack McCall walks into the bar with a look in his eyes that says kill....

Description

Deadwood, South Dakota, during the Black Hills gold rush of the 1870s, becomes the setting for this novel populated by Wild Bill Hickok, his sidekick Charley Utter, Calamity Jane, and other famous Old West characters.

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  • DeadwoodRandom House1986-01-01
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