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Title: Wild Bill Hickok (Legends of the West) by John O'Connor ISBN: 1-56852-166-9 Publisher: W.S. Konecky Associates Pub. Date: 15 June, 1997 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $7.98

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)

Rating: 3
Summary: Informed and entertaining, but tongue in cheek at times
Comment: Hickok is neither romanced nor ridiculed by the author, who shows on every page an intense interest to portray his subject as he was: a tough, hard-fisted lawman, but cool under fire; a man with an eye to the ladies and the table; a private individual, not anxious to stir up a fight; a giving, generous soul to good friends and trusted associates.

O'Connor does a good job in weighing between sources, in providing alternative interpretations to longstanding legends, though his conclusions and literary glitter sometimes spoil his credibility. Nevertheless, the author shows his subject's faults and favors with equal ease, and his reasoning is neither absurd nor apologetic. Strong casework appears throughout the book, but sometimes peppered with too much comic relief.

An enjoyable and easy read about a very interesting man, a tragic figure, the victim of his own legend.