Aces and Eights

By Loren D. Estleman

Book Overview

This suspenseful courtroom drama is based on the actual historical trial of Jack McCall, who shot James Butler Hickok from that most dishonorable position-behind. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385174691
• ISBN13: 9780385174695
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

This novel a Spur Award winner

ACES AND EIGHTS is an early Estleman Western for which he won a Spur Award from Western Writers of America, Inc., and justly so. This author's 'take' on Western icons is always fresh and provocative, and this story of Wild Bill Hickock and his nemesis Jack McCall is vintage Estleman. Read his novels on Buffalo Bill Cody (THIS OLD BILL), the O.K. Corral gunfight (BLOODY SEASON), and JOURNEY OF THE DEAD on Pat Garrett (which has just won the 1999 Spur Award for best novel) and sample one of the greatest Western writers at work.

An exciting visit into a Wild West Courtroom

Aces & Eights" is an entertaining novel set in and surrounding the trial of Jack McCall for the murder of Wild Bill Hickok. The main character is Mr. Scout, the prosecuting attorney. The novel contains two, intertwined stories. The courtroom drama is mixed with Scout's romantic liason with a lady in the town. While the courtroom scenes are a bit difficult for the this lawyer to accept, the novel is, overall, entertaining. It's a good blend of character development with action make for a very enjoyable read