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Some of the legendary gunmen of the Old West were lawmen, but more, like Billy the Kid and Jesse James, were outlaws. Tom Horn (1860-1903) was both. In this masterful historical biography, Larry Ball, a distinguished historian of western lawmen and outlaws, presents the definitive account of Horn's career.

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Few westerners lived a life as varied and as exciting as did Tom Horn - as cowboy, miner, army scout, packer, Apache interpreter, lawman, Pinkerton detective, veteran of the Spanish-American War, and finally, hired assassin. To this day his image rides boldly across the panorama of the American frontier. In this superbly researched biography, veteran historian Larry Ball wades through a morass of myth and misinformation - much of it promulgated by Horn himself - to get at the meat, bones, and gristle of the real man. Here is the true Tom Horn, the good, the bad, and the ugly."" - John Boessenecker, author of When Law Was in the Holster: The Frontier Life of Bob Paul.

Tom Horn in Life and Legend

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      Publisher University of Oklahoma Press
      Published 30 July 2015
      ISBN-13 9780806151755
      978-0806151755
      ISBN-10 0806151757

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Some of the legendary gunmen of the Old West were lawmen, but more, like Billy the Kid and Jesse James, were outlaws. Tom Horn (1860-1903) was both. In this masterful historical biography, Larry Ball, a distinguished historian of western lawmen and outlaws, presents the definitive account of Horn's career.

      Trade Review
      Few westerners lived a life as varied and as exciting as did Tom Horn - as cowboy, miner, army scout, packer, Apache interpreter, lawman, Pinkerton detective, veteran of the Spanish-American War, and finally, hired assassin. To this day his image rides boldly across the panorama of the American frontier. In this superbly researched biography, veteran historian Larry Ball wades through a morass of myth and misinformation - much of it promulgated by Horn himself - to get at the meat, bones, and gristle of the real man. Here is the true Tom Horn, the good, the bad, and the ugly."" - John Boessenecker, author of When Law Was in the Holster: The Frontier Life of Bob Paul.

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