Wild Bill Hickok's Dead Man's Hand

A well known poker hand, "dead man's hand" gets its name from the final hand held by legendary gunslinger and poker player, Wild Bill Hickok. There are many variations of the story and the actual hand held by Hickok that fateful day, August 2, 1876, when he was gunned down, shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall in Saloon No. 10 at Deadwood, South Dakota. It is commonly believed that Hickok's last poker hand included two aces and two eights of both black suits.

So, a dead mans hand is two pair, aces and eights. But what was the fifth card. No one agrees. Many say it was the queen of clubs, others say it was nine of diamonds, still others the jack of diamonds. One reason for the difference in stories is that Hickok may have been discarding his card at the time of the shooting and never had time to pick up his fifth card. 

Dan Goldstein has just published a new book about Wild Bill Hickok taken from a journal written during Hickok's final days, titled "Wild Bill Hickok, The True Story About His Last Six Weeks." The book is available at www.BarringerPublishing.com

Wild Bill HIckok and the Journal Written by a Young Gunslinger

The author of a new book about Wild Bill Hickok offers an insight into Hickok's final six weeks, like no other book has ever done. Dan Goldstein, the author of "Wild Bill Hickok, The True Story About His Final Six Weeks" tells us in detail what happened in those final six weeks. Based on  a journal Mr. Goldstein had uncovered we learn more about Hickok than we ever knew.

The journal was written by a young, 16 year old, gunslinger "wanna be" Nathan Bernard, who strikes up a father/son relationship with Wild Bill until Hickok is gunned down in Deadwood. 

Mr. Goldstein learned of the existence of this journal and was given permission to see, but not touch the contents, so he made pages and pages of notes. The owners of the journal at the time were James, Bernard's son and grandson, Butler who provide Goldstein with a careful viewing of the diary, using gloves to handle the book. They also provided newspaper clippings and stories about Hickok handed down to them over the years.

The book is a composite of the diary, clippings and the stories told by James and Butler - By the way Hickok's real name was James Butler Hickok.

The book is available at www.BarringerPublishing.com

How Does a Young Jewish Gunslinger End Up Writing One of the Most Interesting Journals About One of the West's Legendary Gunslingers

He came to Deadwood, South Dakota just six weeks prior to the murder of Wild Bill Hickok. A sixteen year old Jewish youngster from Boston, Massachusetts sets out to seek fame as a gunslinger during the 1870s and quickly befriends a true legend of the Old West. Nathan Bernard promised he would watch Bill's back, only to have his idol shot in the back of the head  by Jack McCall, August 2, 1876. Nathan continued to write in his journal about his friend and mentor, throughout the trial. He later returned to Boston and lived a much less exciting life, but his diary of the final six weeks weeks of Hickok's life is a depiction of Hickok's final days, never written about before.

Nathan Bernard came to Deadwood, searching for Hickok, in hopes Bill would teach him how to shoot. They became fast friends and Bill did teach Nathan the art of gunslinging. 

"Wild Bill Hickok, The True Story About His Final Six Weeks"  is available at www.BarringerPublishing.com

How Did Nathan Bernard and Wild Bill Hickok Become Close Friends

Nathan Bernard was a 16 year old adventurer from Massachusetts. He longed to be a gunslinging, maybe desperado, during the 1870s in the Old West. He travelled west and became an acquaintance of the legendary Wyatt Earp who taught him the quick draw, but not how to shoot straight. He then traveled to Deadwood, South Dakota where he befriended Wild Bill Hickok, who taught the youngster how to shoot straight. They became great friends over the six weeks they knew each other. It was a father/son  relationship they had up until the day Hickok was murdered playing cards in the now infamous Deadwood saloon. 

"Wild Bill Hickok, The True Story About His Last Six Weeks" is based on the journal written in 1876, by young Nathan. Over those last few weeks no one was closer to Hickok than Bernard. His diary gives us an insight into those final days and a better understanding of who Wild Bill Hickok was.

The book is available at www.BarringerPublishing.com

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Wild Bill Hickok-His Last Six Weeks

Who do you think was the fastest gun in all the West? Wyatt Earp? Wild Bill Hickok? Billy the Kid? John Wesley Hardin?
Answer: None of those were.
Although they were all fast guns, according to Wyatt Earp and Wild Bill Hickok, it was a young sixteen year old Jewish boy from Boston, named Nathan Bernard. That's right! Read this latest release about Wild Bill and learn some things about Wild Bill you never heard before. Taken from the true journal written by Wyatt Earps student of the fast draw and Wild Bill Hickok's protege, Nathan Bernard. This book is NOT another biography of Wild Bill Hickok. It is about the events which Nathan Bernard and Wild Bill Hickok went through during the six weeks that Nathan spent by the side of Hickok, until Hickok was assassinated.

Dan Goldstein, Author
Wild Bill Hickok - His Last Six Weeks
Available at js@barringerpublishing.com

Author Dan Goldstein Creates New Blog

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