Wild West

LETTERS

JACK McCALL

enjoyed the August 2019 feature article “The Coward Who Shot Wild Bill,” on Deadwood badman Jack McCall, by Wild Bill Hickok biographer Aaron Woodard. I recently reviewed Woodard’s book for and found the study to be a valuable addition to the Hickok story, especially as it pertains to McCall. Readers may be interested to know that Yankton, S.D., monument sculptor Scott Luken recently erected a monument to McCall in the Sacred Heart Cemetery near the

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