Deadwood

Sobre el libro Deadwood de Peter Cozzens publicado por Atlantic en 2025:

´What Peter Cozzens has done with this remarkable book is to show us that the truth about Deadwood is, in fact, even more interesting than the myth.´ S. C. Gwynne, New York Times bestselling author of Empire of the Summer Moon Infamous for its stage-coach robbing, whiskey-guzzling and rampant prostitution, the gold rush settlement of Deadwood, South Dakota, was once described as ´the most diabolical town on Earth´. Built in 1876 on land brazenly stolen from the Lakota people, it was an outlaw enterprise not subject to US laws or governance. In Deadwood, award-winning historian Peter Cozzens sifts through myth and legend to recount the town´s meteoric rise - a place where the currency was gold dust - and its stunning fall. He reveals how Deadwood´s foundation bred a self-reliance and a spirit of cooperation unique on the frontier, making it an exceptionally welcoming place at a time of deep-seated discrimination. Along the way, Cozzens pulls back the curtain on legendary figures Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, and introduces us to colourful Deadwoodites: from Jack Langrishe to Judge Kuykendall, and Seth Bullock to Sol Star. This is the first book to tell Deadwood´s extraordinary story in full, revealing the true tale of how one frontier town, in only three years, imprinted itself on our imaginations as the best and worst of the West.