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The Saga of Tom Horn: The Story of a Cattlemen´s War
Dean F. Krakel
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Paperback. Tom Horn, a former Pinkerton detective, an expert hunter and dead shot, and is one of the most mysterious and controversial figures in the history of the Old West. Some radicals in the powerful Wyoming Stock Growers Association turned to the man. Cattle thieves were duly warned, blood was shed, and Tom Horn was implicated but never charged. Num Pages: 274 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 443.
An epidemic of cattle rustling in southern Wyoming in the 1890s and the desperate straits of stockmen set the stage for this saga of Tom Horn, a former Pinkerton detective, an expert hunter and dead shot, and one of the most mysterious and controversial figures in the history of the Old West. Some radicals in the powerful Wyoming Stock Growers Association turned to the man who once boasted, “Killing men in my specialty; I look to it as a business proposition, and I think I have a corner on the market.” Cattle thieves were duly warned, blood was shed, and ... Read more
An epidemic of cattle rustling in southern Wyoming in the 1890s and the desperate straits of stockmen set the stage for this saga of Tom Horn, a former Pinkerton detective, an expert hunter and dead shot, and one of the most mysterious and controversial figures in the history of the Old West. Some radicals in the powerful Wyoming Stock Growers Association turned to the man who once boasted, “Killing men in my specialty; I look to it as a business proposition, and I think I have a corner on the market.” Cattle thieves were duly warned, blood was shed, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803277670
SKU
V9780803277670
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About Dean F. Krakel
Recognized as the leading authority on the Tom Horn trial, Dean F. Krakel is vice president and general manager of the High Plains Heritage Center, Spearfish, South Dakota.
Reviews for The Saga of Tom Horn: The Story of a Cattlemen´s War
"Today few stories are more alive, colorful and controversial than are those of Tom Horn of Wyoming... The state of Wyoming took his life-yet mystery shrouds the entire affair. An atmosphere of taboo often greets the prober... [The Horn trial] involved the life and death of a ... code of the range."-Dean F. Krakel
Dean F. Krakel
Dean F. Krakel