The True Story of One of America's Most Enigmatic and Tragic Heroes Awarded Best Western History Book of 2008 by the Wild West History Association "A superb biography"-Foreword Reviews"An ambitious, well-written effort to restore a Wild West desperado to history.... Readers will surely remember Jack Slade from henceforth. A treat for Western history buffs and fans of true crime."-Kirkus Reviews"An enjoyable read, and it is also a heroic effort."-Wall Street Journal"Every bit the page-turner asRoughing It, with one added advantage-Rottenberg's book approaches the truth."-Wild West magazine"Now and then a book of Western history comes along that captures an era and clears up many a mystery; Death of a Gunfighter is such a book."-Colorado Central magazineIn 1859, as the United States careened toward civil war, Washington's only northern link with America's richest state, California, was a stagecoach line operating between Missouri and the Pacific. Yet the stage line was plagued by gra