Tilghman: The Legendary Lawman and the Woman who Inspired Him (2024) Chris Enss author talk

On Thursday, October 24, at 6:30 p.m., the Oklahoma Territorial Museum will host an author talk with Chris Enss for her newest release, Tilghman: The Legendary Lawman and the Woman Who Inspired Him, (2024). Enss will be discussing Tilghman via Zoom, and seating will be available at the museum to watch the presentation; a zoom link is provided below for those unable to attend in person.

About the Book:

Tilghman: The Legendary Lawman and the Woman Who Inspired Him. Marshal Bill Tilghman is recognized by historians as one of the greatest law enforcement officers in the West. For over forty years, Tilghman kept peace in some of the most notorious frontier towns, from Dodge City, Kansas, to Cromwell, Oklahoma. His wife Zoe, a teacher and accomplished published author, stood with him through the trials associated with this job.

When the lawman is killed in the line of duty in 1924, Zoe is tasked with writing a book about the marshal and the exciting history of the last days of the Western frontier. Tilghman: The Legendary Lawman and the Woman Who Inspired Him is the biography of Zoe Stratton Tilghman, writing the biography of her famous husband. It’s the story of a woman’s struggle to raise her three boys alone and honor the life of the man she loved so dearly.

About the Author:

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.

Zoom Link:

Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87247586291?pwd=ZDtgtSBX0HTFvtqYaVaUEq4wAaYwel.1

Meeting ID: 872 4758 6291

Passcode: 217397