CHAPTER ONE The Wild West 4 CHAPTER TWO Wild Bill Hickok and Pat Garrett 12 CHAPTER THREE Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday 20 CHAPTER FOUR Bat Masterson and His Brothers 28 CHAPTER FIVE The Three Guardsmen 34 Key Locations 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 46 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48 CONTENTS
THE WILD WEST In the 1800s there was a western frontier in the United States Few Americans lived there At first the frontier was western Pennsylvania Then Americans moved farther west By the time the American Civil War 1861 1865 ended the West was any place between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean Movies about the West often feature shootouts 5 CHAPTER ONE