Tilghman: The Legendary Lawman and the Woman Who Inspired Him

Lawman, buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, rancher horse breeder, saloon keeper, politician...even a movie maker. His name was Bill Tilghman and of all the heroes of the Old West he was one of the last, one of the most heroic, and a legend in his own time. Tilghman is about his life and the woman who memorialized his adventures.

The book Tilghman is not only the story of a man--it's a colorful, exciting history of the last days of the Western frontier. It's also the story of a woman, desperate to hold onto her family and honor the life of the man she loved so dearly.

"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

"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." --Eileen O'Neill, Former Head of Discovery Channel and TLC

Chris Enss is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing about women of the Old West for more than thirty years. She has penned more than fifty published books on the subject. Her work has been honored with nine Will Rogers Medallion Awards, two Elmer Kelton Book Awards, an Oklahoma Center for the Book Award, three Foreword Review Magazine Book Awards, the Laura Downing Journalism Award, and a Willa Cather Award from Women Writing the West for scholarly nonfiction. Enss's most recent works are The Doctor Was a Woman: Stories of the First Female Physicians on the Frontier, An Open Secret: The Story of Deadwood's Most Notorious Bordellos, and Along Came a Cowgirl: Daring and Iconic Cowgirls of Rodeos and Wild West Shows.

Howard Kazanjian is a film producer renowned for his work on the Star Wars films and the Indiana Jones movie. Kazanjian is a published non-fiction author, focusing on the factual Old West of US History. In 2021, he published his memoir Howard Kazanjian: A Producer's Life. He lives in San Marino, California