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The Greatest Stories of the Old West Ever Told: True Tales and Legends of Famous Gunfighters, Outlaws and Sheriffs from the Wild West Paperback – September 5, 2023

George Custer, the proud and overconfident Colonel and Civil War hero who led his army into a slaughter at the hands of the Lakota chief Sitting Bull.
Wild Bill Hickok, one of the most famous gunfighters of the Old West known for surviving gunfight after gunfight before he let his guard down and tragically lost his life in the nefarious town of Deadwood.
Billy the Kid, the cocky young outlaw and gunfighter forced into a deadly confrontation with his best friend…>br>Wyatt Earp, the stalwart and seemingly invincible lawman who was repeatedly outgunned and outnumbered by his opponents in countless famous gunfights...
Jesse James, the former Confederate marauder and outlaw who had a knack for getting away with countless robberies all over the country, only to...
Geronimo, the fierce Apache medicine man who took up arms to seek revenge

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