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  • Wild West

    A PEARL OF A BIOGRAPHY

    May 03, 2022 3 minutes
    BY JOHNNY D. BOGGS

    John Boessenecker, a San Francisco trial lawyer and former police officer, has also become one of the leading historians on crime, outlaws and lawmen of the Old West. A recipient of both a Spur Award from Western Writers of America and a best book award from Westerners International, Boessenecker recently spoke with Wild West about his latest book, Wildcat: The Untold Story (see review in the April 2022 issue and online at ).

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