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In Pete Dexter’s lean, rugged narrative, Old Man Hickok arrives in the brawling boomtown of Deadwood to gamble and find peace. He is shadowed by a fiercely in love Calamity Jane, a ruthless sheriff eager for notoriety and an ominous visitor who may turn violence into a deadly affair. The story captures the relentless spirit and harsh reality of the old West.
First publish date: March 1997
Genre: Western Fiction/Historical Western
Authors: Pete Dexter
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