This unique "story within a story" reveals the challenges and triumphs of being married to one of America's most prominent western lawmen. The colorful exploits of William "Bill" Tilghman, as told through the equally fascinating story of his wife Zoe, present the reader of this book with an exciting and insightful "edge of your seat" experience!

– Wyatt McCrea, Actor/Producer

“Gritty, violent, magnificent and noble describes America and the early lawmen who made the frontier safe for expansion. The authors do a masterful job of unpacking the life of revered lawman Bill Tilghman through the words and prose of his second wife, Zoe Tilghman a scholar, mother, poet and remarkable woman in her own right. This husband and wife team were one of America’s early power couples.”

– Eileen O'Neill, Former Head of Discovery Channel and TLC

Who was lawman Bill Tilghman? He did not have the dime novels that made Wild Bill and Buffalo Bill famous, nor Stuart Lake who spun the life of Wyatt Earp into fame. But he was one of the greatest lawmen of all. Tilghman now has history documentarians Chris Enss and Howard Kazanjian to show us details about the man from his own notebooks and from his talented wife Zoe’s own hand.

– Wayne Tilman, Best Selling Author and Bill Tilghman Relative

Zoe Tilghman, my grandmother, was a truly remarkable woman – a pioneer, horsewoman, musician, linguist, student, educator, writer, poet, wife, mother. When she married Bill Tilghman she also became an eyewitness to the important part he played in Oklahoma and the developing West. Chris Enss and Howard Kazanjian have done an excellent job of capturing her life.

– Suzie Tilghman Baerst