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'What Peter Cozzens has done with this remarkable book is to show us that the truth about Deadwood is, in fact, even more interesting than the myth.' S. C. Gwynne, New York Times bestselling author of Empire of the Summer Moon
Infamous for its stage-coach robbing, whiskey-guzzling and rampant prostitution, the gold rush settlement of Deadwood, South Dakota, was once described as 'the most diabolical town on Earth'. Built in 1876 on land brazenly stolen from the Lakota people, it was an outlaw enterprise not subject to US laws or governance.
In Deadwood, award-winning historian Peter Cozzens sifts through myth and legend to recount the town's meteoric rise - a place where the currency was gold dust - and its stunning fall. He reveals how Deadwood's foundation bred a self-reliance and a spirit of cooperation unique on the frontier, making it an exceptionally welcoming place at a time of deep-seated discrimination. Along the way, Cozzens pulls back the curtain on legendary figures Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, and introduces us to colourful Deadwoodites: from Jack Langrishe to Judge Kuykendall, and Seth Bullock to Sol Star.
This is the first book to tell Deadwood's extraordinary story in full, revealing the true tale of how one frontier town, in only three years, imprinted itself on our imaginations as the best and worst of the West.
Contents
Part I: Visions of Deadwood (ca. 1770-April 1876) 1: Pahá Sápa 2: The New El Dorado 3: No Sale 4: Gold in the Gulch Part II: A Town Built on Gold (May 1876-February 1877) 5: Centennial Town 6: Lies and Legends 7: "Take That, Damn You" 8: Lakota Autumn 9: The Montana Touch 10: The Day of Jubilee 11: A Hard Winter Part III: A Tumultuous Adolescence (March-December 1877) 12: Autocrats and Tenderfeet 13: Deadwood's Chinatown 14: The Brigands of the Black Hills 15: The Most Diabolical Town on Earth 16: San Francisco Capitalists and Soiled Doves 17: Reckonings Part IV: From Adolescence to Ashes (January 1878-September 1879) 18: Coming of Age 19: The Treasure Coach 20: A Solid Country 21: The Great Water Fight 22: Black Friday Epilogue: Epilogue