And Not to Yield and Bowie

Book excerpt: And not to yield: Born James Butler Hickok, Wild Bill Hickok made his reputation as a gunslinger extraordinaire, and his legend has titillated journalists, novelists, and historians ever since. Here is the story--crafted by a master novelist--of this complex hero whose exploits have become part of the lore of the American frontier. Bowie: The story of James Bowie, the Texas frontiersman, told by some thirty people who range from Bowie's mother to a comrade-at-arms. A look from various points of view at certain aspects of Bowie's character and the historical events in which he participated.