Tom Horn: Last of the Bad Men

(Author), Larry D. Ball (Introduction)

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Review

"Confronting a character whose episodes were savagely dramatic, Mr. Monaghan avoided romantic gilding."-New York Times Book Review (New York Times Book Review )

"Jay Monaghan does an excellent job of retelling [Horn's] story. . . . [He knew] the Tom Horn country at first hand, talked to dozens of oldtimers who saw Tom in the flesh, [collected] Tom Horn material for twenty or thirty years. . . . Tom Horn ought to be the last word."-Time (Time )

Product Description

“The last great folk tale of the last American frontier”—that’s how Jay Monaghan describes the crimson career of Tom Horn, defender of property rights, soldier of fortune, range detective, professional killer. Tom Horn, who had chased after Geronimo and ridden the trains as a Pinkerton operative, was drawn to wherever the action was—ultimately to Wyoming as a hired gun for the cattle barons. Finally he went too far—and paid at the end of a rope in 1903. For years afterward, whenever a man was found murdered on the high plains, people said, “Somebody tom-horned that fellow.”

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Product Details

• Paperback: 290 pages
• Publisher: Bison Books (May 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803282346
• ISBN-13: 978-0803282346
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,576,179 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellant Reading, February 16, 2001

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For those with an interest in Tom Horn this is a must read. The writer had first person contact with many of those closest to the story of Horn. He fills in a lot of the gaps left by books on Horn that were written in later years. The reader is left with forming his own conclusion as to whether Horn was justly hanged for the crime of which he was charged. It was well worth reading and I would highly recommend it to all.