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Back East, they told tall tales about Marshall Clay Halser, the fearless Civil War veteran who became known as the "Hero of the Plains" for his daring exploits in the Wild West. But the truth, as revealed in his private journals, is even more compelling.

After surviving the Civil War, Clay Halser kills a man in self-defense and heads west to escape hanging. To survive on the untamed frontier of 1867, Halser becomes a crack shot. But he soon finds that there's always someone wanting to meet a legend face-to-face, gun-to-gun. One... Read Full Overview