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Jagged edge takes its title from f. Scott fitzgerald who is the author probably most famously of the great gatsby and if you remember your gatsby from back in high school or college you will remember nick carowinds is from minnesota. He went off to war and this would have been world war i and when he came back he decided that he thought it would be sort of dull to move back to minnesota which he saw as the ragged edge of the universe and he decided to move to new york and he got nixed up and arr...

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Know. >> wild bill hickok and jack mccaul were gambling one night. he was a drifter a loser. the guys got a chip on his shoulder of some kind. . >> all in. >> fold. . >> what do you say? >> mccaul is just a punk looking for a way to start a fight with wild bill hickok. and thats precisely what

August 1st 1876, wild bill wins hand after hand in the game against jack mccaul. >> get some rest and take it easy. here, have some breakfast on me.

Killed by the assassin jack mccall. >> today the legend of an untamed indiscriminating gunman persists. hes a man driven by justice scarred by a mistake that haunts him as he searches for the redemption he will never find. even in death wild bill hickok adds to his legend one last tale. this time, a true one, to enhance his legacy of the real west.

No motive is ever revealed. >> after hickok died, with an ace in his hand, that hand become as powerful symbol in western literature and film that writers and film-makers use to signal the death of the hand. >> unable to outrun his reputation, the gunslinger never gets the chance to face his killer. hes buried in the cemetery under the inscription, wild bill killed by the assassin jack mccall. >> today, the legend of an untamed indiscriminating gunman persists. hes a man driven by justice, scarr...

>> get some rest and take it easy. here, have some breakfast on me. mccall has given him money and told him to calm down but mccall isnt having any of it. >> the next day, wild bill arrives late to the saloon only to find his favorite seat facing a door is already taken.

Mccall has given him money and told him to calm down but mccall isnt having any of it. >> the next day, wild bill arrives late to the saloon only to find his favorite seat facing a door is already taken. >> fellas? >> yes. >> charlie, mind if i have that seat so i can see the door? >> all right, fellas. deal me in. >> there was certainly a moment in wild bills life when its

>> barmaid, drink for my deputy, please. [ gunfire ] >> who fired that shot? >> stray dog. >> i dont care, bill bill. the law says no guns in town. [ gunfire ] ♪ ♪ on the north american plains, opportunity calls men of courage to chase the west into a new frontier. ♪ they would shape the nation. they hold the destiny and part of the new mythology. but with the passing of time, every myth has its reckoning. james butler hickok better known to america as wild bill, an unruly lawm...

No motive is ever revealed. >> after kick cock dies, ace of spade in his hand that hand becomes a powerful symbol in film. writers and fill cmmakers use t signal death is at hand. >> the gun slinger never gets a chance to face his killer. he is buried in the original cemetery under the inscription, wild bill killed by the assassin jack mccall. >> the legend of wild bill hickok is full of lies spread by the dying novels newspapers and magazines of the day. today that legend of an untamed indiscri...