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Jonathan Collins is a young man when he loses a leg in the Civil War, but he quickly learns to cope. He carves his own wooden leg, then he turns his skills to making coffins and, finally, undertaking. Since both trades are best plied where there's a constant need, he sets up shop in violent towns, and in one of those towns he meets Wild Bill Hickock. These towns are no place for a lonely man, so Jon, now nicknamed a��Pinebox,a�\x9d relocates to Utah, meets a girl, and learns real carpentry. When his dreams are dashed, Pinebox begins a long-running series of meetings with Hickock, dealing with outlaws, and forging a special bond with the lawman.