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King of the Wild Frontier

Episode 2

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Gerry Anderson continues his journey on the trail of Ulsterman and Apache killer James Kirker. He meets Kirker's extended New Mexico family and finds out what they make of their great, great grandfather who abandoned them.

Just outside Chihuahua in Mexico, Gerry discovers that Kirker almost beat the Mexican army single-handedly before moving on. Following some nifty detective work, Gerry discovers Kirker's grave in California and pays his last respects to a man whose life story is much stranger than fiction. Show less

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