Monday, July 19, 2010

Need information about Wild Bill Hickok?

Whatever info you need about Wild Bill Hickok or Nathan Bernard, e-mail me at: Dansbooks@embarqmail.com . If I don't have the answers to your query, I will either find your answer from my contacts in Deadwood or tell you where to find it. Although, if you read my book you may find your answer there. You will also find a number of events you never heard about before.

The Gambler - Wild Bill Hickok and Nathan Bernard

He was a gambler, army scout, sheriff among other jobs, this man called Wild Bill Hickok. Nathan Bernard, at age 14 headed out on his adventure from Boston to the West to meet his dime store novel hero, Wild Bill Hickok. (Hickok's legal name was James Butler Hickok). Upon their meeting, they hit it off quite well and Nathan Bernard and Wild Bill became like father and son. Wild Bill was never aware that Nathan Bernard was keeping a journal of the events as they were happening from day to day. It was this journal which Nathan passed down to his son James, in turn passed down to James' son Butler. This journal was read to me slowly, word by misspelled word to enable me to scribble the words down into my small notebook.
This note book was then lost during my permanent move to Florida. Years later (in 2008) my daughter found the notebook in a box I had left in her attic and sent it down to me.
To read what happened from there, read my prior and further blogs.