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Book SynopsisSome 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 ReviewFew 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.
