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Indlæser... Tom Horn in Life and Legendaf Larry D. Ball
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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. Lawman, soldier, hired gunman, detective, outlaw, and assassin, this darkly enigmatic figure has fascinated Americans ever since his death by hanging the day before his forty-third birthday. In this masterful historical biography, Larry Ball, a distinguished historian of western lawmen and outlaws, presents the definitive account of Horn's career. Horn became a civilian in the Apache wars when he was still in his early twenties. He fought in the last major battle with the Apaches on U.S. soil and chased the Indians into Mexico with General George Crook. He bragged about murdering renegades, and the brutality of his approach to law and order foreshadows his controversial career as a Pinkerton detective and his trial for murder in Wyoming. Having worked as a hired gun and a range detective in the years after the Johnson County War, he was eventually tried and hanged for killing a fourteen-year-old boy. Horn's guilt is still debated. To an extent no previous scholar has managed to achieve, Ball distinguishes the truth about Horn from the numerous legends. Both the facts and their distortions are revealing, especially since so many of the untruths come from Horn's own autobiography. As a teller of tall tales, Horn burnished his own reputation throughout his life. In spite of his services as a civilian scout and packer, his behavior frightened even his lawless companions. Although some writers have tried to elevate him to the top rung of frontier gun wielders, questions still shadow Horn's reputation. Ball's study concludes with a survey of Horn as described by historians, novelists, and screenwriters since his own time. These portrayals, as mixed as the facts on which they are based, show a continuing fascination with the life and legend of Tom Horn. No library descriptions found. |
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During those final years, Horn's work in Wyoming was interrupted by his service as a packer for the US army, in Cuba, during the Spanish American War. His service ran from April 1898 to September 1898.
Before returning to Wyoming he helped cattlemen rid rustlers from Brown's Park, Colorado, in 1900.
When back in Wyoming, Horn was eventually arrested for the July 18, 1901 murder of 14 year-old Willie Nickell. Much of the book then relates how Tom Horn was arrested, convicted for murder, tried, and hanged on November 20, 1903.
This is a well-researched book, with hundreds of endnotes. It includes a number of photos and illustrations which enhance the read. It also has a large bibliography and a helpful index.
I am glad to have read the book and encourage persons who want to learn about the life of Tom Horn to read this fine book. ( )