Life Of Tom Horn Government Scout And Interpreter Written By Himself Together With His Letters And Statements By His Friends A Vindication With An Introduction By Dean Krakel
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Life Of Tom Horn Government Scout And Interpreter Written By Himself Together With His Letters And Statements By His Friends A Vindication With An Introduction By Dean Krakel
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Author : Tom Horn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Life Of Tom Horn Government Scout And Interpreter Written By Himself Together With His Letters And Statements By His Friends A Vindication With An Introduction By Dean Krakel written by Tom Horn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with categories.
Life Of Tom Horn Government Scout And Interpreter Written By Himself Together With His Letters And Statements By His Friends
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Author : Tom Horn
language : en
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Release Date : 1904-01
Life Of Tom Horn Government Scout And Interpreter Written By Himself Together With His Letters And Statements By His Friends written by Tom Horn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1904-01 with categories.
On November 20, 1903, Tom Horn was hanged in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the murder of a fourteen-year-old nester boy. Horn-army scout and interpreter for Generals Willcox, Crook, and Miles in the Apache wars, Pinkerton operative, cattle detective, and "King of Cowboys"-was hanged like a common criminal, many think mistakenly. His own account of his life, written while he was in prison and first published in 1904, is not really a vindication, says Dean Krakel in his introduction. "While the appendix is spiked with interesting letters, testimonials, and transcripts, they don't really add up to anything in the way of an explanation of what really happened." Regardless of Horn's guilt or innocence, his story, beginning when he was a runaway Missouri farm boy, provides a firsthand look at scout Al Sieber in action, at the military both great and small, at the wily Geronimo, the renegade Natchez, and old Chief Nana of the Apaches.
Life Of Tom Horn Government Scout And Interpreter Written By Himself Together With His Letters And Statements By His Friends
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Author : Tom Horn
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 1964
Life Of Tom Horn Government Scout And Interpreter Written By Himself Together With His Letters And Statements By His Friends written by Tom Horn and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
On November 20, 1903, Tom Horn was hanged in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the murder of a fourteen-year-old nester boy. Horn-army scout and interpreter for Generals Willcox, Crook, and Miles in the Apache wars, Pinkerton operative, cattle detective, and "King of Cowboys"-was hanged like a common criminal, many think mistakenly. His own account of his life, written while he was in prison and first published in 1904, is not really a vindication, says Dean Krakel in his introduction. "While the appendix is spiked with interesting letters, testimonials, and transcripts, they don’t really add up to anything in the way of an explanation of what really happened." Regardless of Horn’s guilt or innocence, his story, beginning when he was a runaway Missouri farm boy, provides a firsthand look at scout Al Sieber in action, at the military both great and small, at the wily Geronimo, the renegade Natchez, and old Chief Nana of the Apaches.
Tom Horn In Life And Legend
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Author : Larry D. Ball
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2014-05-19
Tom Horn In Life And Legend written by Larry D. Ball and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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.
Life Of Tom Horn Government Scout And Interpreter
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Author : Tom Horn
language : en
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Release Date : 2013-03-01
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Life Of Tom Horn
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Author : Tom Horn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
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Life Of Tom Horn Government Scout And Interpreter
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Author : Tom Horn
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-12-07
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Excerpt from Life of Tom Horn, Government Scout and Interpreter: A Vindication This autobiography is now given in book form for gen eral circulation, in response to an insistent public de mand. The fact that such a Life had been written had no sooner become known than I was besieged by his per sonal friends and acquaintances, and by interested read ers of the published reports of the trial, for the publica tion of the autobiography prepared by Tom Horn. Let ters reached me by every mail from almost every state and territory of the Union; and I may be permitted here to state that there was scarcely a letter among them all which did not declare a belief in the innocence of Horn, after carefully considering the details of the case. Telegrams and letters reached me, also, from daily newspapers, monthly magazines and publishing houses, making propositions for exclusive publishing rights. And so I have yielded. In your hands is the book. For it, is asked a reading without prejudice. For its writer, is asked that which, during his closing years, was denied him - fair play. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Life Of Tom Horn Government Scout And Interpreter
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Author : Tom Horn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
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Tom Horn was born near Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, in 1860. At age fourteen, he left home for the west. He was an overland mail and stage driver, a government interpreter and Indian scout. He worked for Pickerton's for awhile and then worked for Swan Land and Cattle Company of Wyoming. In 1901, William Nickell, the fourteen year old son of Kels Nickell, was found dead near his home. Although he denied guilt, Tom Horn was executed for the murder in 1903.
Life Of Tom Horn
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Author : Tom Horn
language : en
Publisher: Tales End Press
Release Date : 2012-08-06
Life Of Tom Horn written by Tom Horn and has been published by Tales End Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
On November 20th, 1903, the cowboy Tom Horn was hanged in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the murder of a fourteen-year-old boy. His trial was almost certainly influenced by sensationalistic “Yellow” journalism and the bitter cattle range wars of the day, and remains controversial even now. Horn had been many things – runaway farm boy, mule skinner, miner, rodeo champion, Pinkerton detective – but his greatest fame had been as a US Army scout and Indian interpreter in the Apache wars. In this autobiography, written while he was in prison and published after his death, Horn describes his many exploits during that period. He provides a compelling firsthand account of cowboy life on the southwest frontier, of the complex and often violent relationship between Americans, Mexicans, and Apache Indians, and of celebrated characters such as Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and Al Sieber. This ebook edition includes an active table of contents, reflowable text, and 12 photographs and illustrations from the first edition.
Life Of Tom Horn Government Scout And Interpreter
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Author : Tom Horn
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
Life Of Tom Horn Government Scout And Interpreter written by Tom Horn and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... PREFACE In preparing this autobiography for publication, there has been no attempt to make it literature. No sentence has been added; and no alterations have been made, save to avoid ambiguity, and to promote clearness and strength. All changes have been kept strictly in harmony with the style of the author. For the convenience of the reader the manuscript has been broken into chapters; and of course the chapter headings were not original with Horn. For obvious reasons, the Westernisms, and even the slang, have been retained. Horn was thoroughly Western. Born and reared in the West--if, indeed, it can be correctly said that he was "reared"--he passed his entire life here, with the exception of the period of his service to his country during the war with Spain; and, being Western, his conversation was replete with local expressions, not always elegant, yet rarely profane and never vulgar. I wish to repeat this: Tom Horn tvas seldom profane. And this assertion will be sustained by those who really knew him--a fact which alone serves to disprove that socalled famous "confession," the language of which smacks very much more of the talk of those who edited the "notes taken on the spot." But, as I have suggested, there have been no additions made to this autobiography, and such alterations as have been made do not alter the text in any material manner. Rather, it has been the object, in editing the manu LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Op. Page 1-- TOM HORN Title Page 2-- HORN'S BIRTHPLACE 20 3-- TOM HORN'S FATHER 40 4-- TOM HORN'S MOTHER 60 5-- FORT BOWIE 80 6-- GEN. GEORGE CROOK 126 7-- GEN. LAWTON 192 8-- GERONIMO 244 9-- E. W.--ONE OF HORN'S FAVORITE HORSES 260 10-- GLENDOLENE MYRTLE KIMMELL 287 11-- LETTER FROM GOV. CHATTERTON 303 12-- CHAS