Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Prologue: The Measure of a Man 1
1 Child of the Southern Frontier 7
2 The World Turned Upside Down 25
3 Gone to Texas 55
4 Cow Towns and Pueblos 89
5 The Price of a Reputation 122
6 Friends and Enemies 159
7 The Fremont Street Fiasco 186
8 Vengeance 223
9 The Out Trail 258
10 A Holliday in Denver 284
11 A Living—and Dying—Legend 319
12 The Anatomy of a Western Legend 373
Epilogue: The Measure of a Legend 407
Notes 415
Index 501