Wild Bill Hickok was born James Butler Hickok in a little town on the Illinois border called Troy Grove. In this adventuresome life history, of a tough talking, tough fighting American lawman, the reader will be introduced to his many encounters with bullies, Indians, grizzly bears and gunslingers.
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Stowe's powerful abolitionist novel fueled the fire of the human rights debate in 1852. Denouncing the institution of slavery in dramatic terms, the incendiary novel quickly draws the reader into the world of slaves and their masters.
Here is a haunting tale of shame and horror ... these clutching fingers are trembling with remorse and would wrench the very pages from your sight ... so dwell with tolerance, gentle reader on the incredible life of this nameless monster ... this creature without a soul!
