According to the author, A.M. Anderson, how law and order were established in the "wild and woolly" West is a story of fearless peace officers. Their fight for justice is one of the truly great chapters in our country's history. The man who leads the list of these brave officers is James Butler Hickok, better known and loved as "Wild Bill." He knew the West when hostile Indians and dangerous outlaws rode the trails. He knew the lawless men of the rough, tough cow towns of early Kansas. He knew the West when the six-shooter was the only law of that vast frontier.