Dennis L Goodwin

Fate, Flukes & Fame in the Old West Dennis L Goodwin

The legends of the Old West weren't always legends. In fact, many of them led the same sedate lives as their neighbors until fate opened a door to their unique destiny. As they entered that door, one by one, they took their places in the chronicles of a restless country pushing its boundary further and further west. The events that provided entry to western fame were often quirks of fate or chance happenings that, like the legends they produced, composed timeless stories waiting to be told. The fateful career of Doc Holliday, for instance, sprang from a "rib-rattling" cough that sickened his dental patients. Buffalo Bill, the West's greatest showman, stepped on the stage of history as the result of his lazy North Platte, Nebraska neighbors. Davy Crockett trudged down the path of frontier fame because he lost an election. And Billy the Kid discovered his gateway to infamy inside a lowly sack of laundry. So just order the booklet, open the cover, chew off a twist of tobacco, gulp down a snort of moonshine and prepare to walk down the dusty paths of fate, flukes and fame that beckoned many of our Old West legends.