Table of Contents
Acknowledgments v
Author's Note vii
Introduction xi
Chapter 1 Death of a Legend Maker 1
Chapter 2 Creation of a Legend Maker 9
Chapter 3 The Seminole War 17
Chapter 4 "The Captain's Pig" and a Problem in Nashville 25
Chapter 5 "That Odious Rascal" 37
Chapter 6 Libel, Nativism, and the Astor Place Riot 49
Chapter 7 Western Expansion and the St. Louis Riot 63
Chapter 8 The Widow Swart 73
Chapter 9 Adirondacks, Eva, Sarah, and Kate 87
Chapter 10 Civil War 101
Chapter 11 Chappaqua and California 117
Chapter 12 Three Wives and Buffalo Bill 129
Chapter 13 Hazel Eye 145
Chapter 14 Ever the Fourth of July 157
Chapter 15 Ned Buntline's America 171
Notes 181
Index 203
About the Author 213