Aces & Eights
The Legend of Wild Bill Hickok

Rarely do I read Westerns or court procedural books, and yet, here I am with a Western court procedural novel, the fictionalized story of the trial of one, Jack McCall, killer of the famed Wild Bill Hickok. I don't really know the true story of this Western trial, but most of the characters are real......more

Entertaining courtroom drama with a Western skirt. Emotional and logic warfare on the loose in every chapter, and that's okay with me. I can't claim to know its historical accuracy, only that McCall is dressed as a slimy coward mighty quick, without much repose. It's relentless on pinning him as the......more

read several times years ago. I visited Deadwood, South Dakota, on my return from visiting a good friend, Ron Srb, on his farm in Mott, ND. There was actually a saloon called 'Aces and Eights'. This was 1976 so not sure what the place is like now that socialism wants to destroy but they're not sure w......more