And Not to Yield and Bowie
Author | : Randy Lee Eickhoff |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 816 |
Release | : 2016-06-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780765383631 |
ISBN-13 | : 0765383632 |
Rating | : 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Download or read book And Not to Yield and Bowie written by Randy Lee Eickhoff and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And not to yield: Born James Butler Hickok, Wild Bill Hickok made his reputation as a gunslinger extraordinaire, and his legend has titillated journalists, novelists, and historians ever since. Here is the story--crafted by a master novelist--of this complex hero whose exploits have become part of the lore of the American frontier. Bowie: The story of James Bowie, the Texas frontiersman, told by some thirty people who range from Bowie's mother to a comrade-at-arms. A look from various points of view at certain aspects of Bowie's character and the historical events in which he participated.