101 Books, Number 85

Favorite Books from Throughout My Life

85: Wild Bill Hickok, 1947, by A. M. Anderson* (?–?)—part of American Adventures Series by Wheeler Publishing

I read most of these books when I was but a kid—

I was glad every time, every time that I did.

I just loved all the Westerns I saw on TV—

All those Western adventures seemed made just for me.

And Wild Bill was a hero—he had his own show!**

(Although much wasn’t true—but then how could I know?)

And those books were aswarm with more fiction than fact—

But I can’t say that I cared (they were so action-packed!).

Though I read later on about fictional things,

It did not really strip me of my reading wings:

So I read every book about heroes out West—

And Wild Bill and his buddies? Well, they were the best!

*All I've discovered so far is that the author was named Anita Melva Anderson. Maybe. I'll keep looking!       
**link to a YouTube video of one of the episodes       

Guy Madison as Wild Bill in
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951 thru 1958)