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Wild Bill Hickok as Lawman

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

by Paul Ashdown Wild Bill Hickok was a sometime lawman, but he would have a tough job finding work in the criminal justice field today. His resume was shaky. He’d been tried, and acquitted, several times for murder and manslaughter. … Continue reading →

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Imagining Wild Bill

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

ECW is pleased to welcome our friend Paul Ashdown, co-author of the newest book in our Engaging the Civil War Series, published in partnership with Southern Illinois University Press: Imagining Wild Bill: James Butler Hickok in War, Media, and Memory. … Continue reading →

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