The Memoirs of Wild Bill Hickok

From the New York Times–bestselling author of I Am Legend, a historical novel about a legendary figure of America's Old West.

Wild Bill Hickok was a celebrity before there ever was a Hollywood. And he was dead before he was forty.

Now Richard Matheson, Spur Award-winning author of Journal of the Gun Years, delves into the life and times of James Butler Hickok . . . gunfighter, U.S. marshal, legend. The cruelty that turned him violent. The fears that drove him. And the historic events that cause his name to live on more than century later.

A compelling vision of the man behind the myth—and an unforgettable journey into the American frontier.

Praise for Richard Matheson

“Matheson excels at the depiction of one man alone, locked in a desperate struggle against a force or forces bigger than himself.” —Stephen King

“His stories not only entertain, but touch the mind and heart.” —Dean Koontz

“A master storyteller.” —Joe R. Lansdale