
A weary Wild Bill rides into Laramie, his reputation as the fastest gun tempered by a deep dread that he’s running out of time. He meets an old scout, Sam Chichester, who offers him a place with a rugged party bound for the Black Hills, and Bill clings to the chance of a fresh start amid familiar faces like Captain Jack Crawford and California Joe.
Yet the town hides a darker presence—a brooding stranger whose eyes burn with a venomous promise of revenge. As Bill and Sam head toward a saloon, the stranger watches, his hand hovering near a hidden weapon, waiting for the moment to strike. The tension between Bill’s haunted past and the looming threat sets a tense tone for a frontier tale where past sins may finally catch up with the legend.
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (130K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Richard Halsey
Release date
2007-04-16
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1822–1886
A larger-than-life figure in early American popular fiction, he helped shape the dime novel and turned frontier legends into fast-moving adventure stories. His life was almost as dramatic as the tales he wrote, marked by journalism, controversy, and a knack for public spectacle.
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