Description

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Bat Masterson or Wyatt Earp? Which lawman did the most to tame the frontier? And which lawman left behind the biggest legacy? Author Bill Markley takes on those questions and more in this thoughtful and entertaining examination of these legendary lives.

About the Author

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History has fascinated Bill Markley since childhood on the family farm near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Moving to Pierre, South Dakota, in 1976, to work for South Dakota's Department of Environment and Natural Resources, he immersed himself in local history leading to participating in films such as Dances With Wolves. Bill has written a novel Deadwood Dead Men, three Western nonfiction books, and for True West and Wild West magazines. Bill is WWA's Membership Chairman, writes Roundup's Techno-Savvy Column, and served on the Board of Directors. In 2015 Bill was sworn in as an honorary Dodge City Marshal. Bill and his wife Liz live in Pierre where they have raised two grown children.