Introduction
1. First Flames: The Mormon Wars
2. Divine Vengeance: The Mormon Wars
3. The Slicker Wars Begin
4. Slicker Vengeance
5. The Border Wars
6. The Border during the War
7. Equipped by War
8. The Archetype: James Butler Hickok
9. The Vigilante as Victim: Sam Hildebrand
10. No Surrender for Sam
11. Outside the Lines
12. Wyatt Earp and the Vigilantes
13. Doc Holladay and the Bounty-Hunting Preacher
14. The Bald Knobbers
15. The Bald Knobbers on Trial
16. Mob Mentality
17. The Regulators
18. Personal Justice
19. Decency Takes a Hand
20. Technology Takes a Hand
21. The Myth
Acknowledgements
Notable Sources
Index
About the Author