The years between the Civil War and Prohibition: were wild times and, though many lived them, it was Hugh Cardiff who lived them to the hilt. For more than fifty years the world's champion rifle shot, he was a sharpshooter, fugitive, murderer, Indian fighter, showman, creator of the original Wild West Show, and much, much more. Millions read his adventures in the dime novels, but did anyone know the truth? The American West lives again in all its glory as the "King of the Crack Shots" tells his tale--the story of an exuberant young nation bursting with raw energy and a hero larger than legend, larger than life.