Trail of Madness

About the book

Jack McCall and Killing of a Legend

History records that Jack McCall, then using the name Bill Sutherland, shot James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok in Deadwood on August 2, 1876. Yet myth, speculation, and conflicting stories surround both the killing and the man who committed it. Michael Knost follows McCall through the events behind one of the Old West’s most notorious murders, blending documented history with fiction to explore the motives, secrets, and madness that may have led to the fatal shot.