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LESSON 1 · True Stories of the Wild West

PAUSE TO THINK

Which cowboy wrote a memoir wilder than any Western novel?

Nat Love

Nat Love, a formerly enslaved cowboy, won a roping-and-shooting contest in Deadwood and took the nickname 'Deadwood Dick.' His 1907 autobiography is packed with cattle drives, gunfights, and tall tales told in his own voice.

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