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The Wild Bunch, the confederation of western outlaws headed by
Butch Cassidy, found sanctuary on the rugged Outlaw Trail.
Stretching across Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada,
Arizona, and New Mexico, this trail offered desert and mountain
hideouts to bandits and cowboys. The almost inaccessible
Hole-in-the-Wall in Wyoming was a station on the Outlaw Trail well
known to Butch Cassidy. To the south, in Utah, was the inhospitable
Robbers' Roost, where Butch and his friends camped in 1897 after a
robbery at Castle Gate.
Charles Kelly recreates the mean and magnificent places
frequented by the Wild Bunch and a slew of lesser outlaws. At the
same time, he brings Butch Cassidy to life, traces his criminal
apprenticeship and meeting with the Sundance Kid, and masterfully
describes the exploits of the Wild Bunch.
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When Love Grows (Paperback)
Deborah Ann Dykeman; Edited by Britta Ann Meadows
bundle available
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R349
Discovery Miles 3 490
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When Hope Blooms (Paperback)
Britta Ann Meadows; Deborah Ann Dykeman
bundle available
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R348
Discovery Miles 3 480
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To Thee I'm Wed (Paperback)
Julia Ryan; Edited by Britta Ann Meadows; Deborah Ann Dykeman
bundle available
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R347
Discovery Miles 3 470
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I Want to Meet My Mama is the story of a woman who had been given
up for adoption at birth, but ultimately found her family and
incredible success and happiness in life. Even though the book is
fictional, many people can relate to some of the things in it. They
can also learn how to cope with challenges in their own lives,
learn how to set goals and to become successful.
"Uncovers new facts on the outlaw's life and death"
He gained renown as the sidekick of Butch Cassidy, but the
Sundance Kid--whose real name was Harry Alonzo Longabaugh--led a
fuller life than history or Hollywood has allowed.
A relative of Longabaugh through marriage, Donna B. Ernst has
spent more than a quarter century researching his life. She now
brings to print the most thorough account ever of one of the West's
most infamous outlaws, tracing his life from his childhood in
Pennsylvania to his involvement with the Wild Bunch and, in 1908,
to his reputed death by gunshot in Bolivia.
Combining genealogical research, access to family records, and
explorations in historical archives, Ernst details the Sundance
Kid's movements to paint a complete picture of the man. She
recounts his homesteading days in Colorado, offers new information
on his years as a cowboy in Wyoming and Canada, and cites newly
uncovered records that substantiate both his outlaw activities and
his attempts at self-reform.
While taking readers on the wild chase that became Longabaugh's
life, outracing posses and Pinkertons, Ernst corrects inaccuracies
in the historical record. She demonstrates that he could not have
participated in the Belle Fourche bank heist or the Tipton train
robbery and refutes speculations that Butch and Sundance managed to
escape their fate in Bolivia.
"The Sundance Kid" is enlivened by more than three dozen
photographs, including family photos never before seen.
Lawyer-turned-writer Anne Meadows and her husband, Dan Buck, set
out to solve the mystery of what really happened to Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid. With the tenacity of Pinkerton agents, the
couple tracks the outlaws and the enigmatic Etta Place through
South America, where they fled in 1901. Meadows and Buck rove
Argentinian pampas, Chilean deserts, and Bolivian sierras; pore
over faded newspapers and musty documents; exhume skeletons with
the aid of forensic anthropologist Clyde Snow; unearth eyewitness
accounts of Butch and Sundance’s final holdup and the Bolivian
shootout; and examine letters by the bandits and interviews by the
Argentine police who investigated their activities. Information
about William T. Phillips, who claimed to be Butch Cassidy, is also
included. While filling in the blanks in the Wild Bunch saga,
Meadows explores the nature of truth and discovers how myths are
made. She updates the search with a new afterword to this edition.
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