A picturesque character whose exploits thundered across the pages of history was James Butler Hickok familiarly known as Wild Bill. But this son of law-abiding god fearing William Alonzo and Polly Hickok was anything but wild. Famed as the best shot in the west, as an Indian fighter, town marshal and defender of weak and helpless women the winning of his nickname almost cost him his life…

set in the year 1861