These non-fiction western books are on loan to our library for the next 3 months:
‘The Last Gunfight: The Real Story Of The Shootout at the O.K. Corral-And How It Changed The American West” by Jeff Guinn
A New York Times bestseller, Jeff Guinn’s definitive, myth-busting account of the most famous gunfight in American history reveals who Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the Clantons and McLaurys really were and what the shootout was all about.
“Life Of Tom Horn” by Tom Horn
Tom Horn was one of the Wild West’s most famous men. He served as a lawman, a detective, outlaw, and assassin, and he was controversially hanged in 1903 for a murder he may not have committed. This is the story of his life, written in his own words.
“A Texas Ranger” by N.A. Jennings
Eighteen-year-old Napoleon Augustus Jennings came to Rexas in 1874 and joined a special force of Texas ranger charged with border patrol under the command of L.H. McNelly. At this time the South Texas region was home to hundreds of outlaws and riffraff, and some three thousand Mexican guerrillas under Juan Cortina and others were raiding settlers on both sides of the Rio Grande. McNelly’s Rangers stormed into this lawless area for two reasons, according to Jennings: “Two have fun, and to carry out a set policy of terrorizing the Mexicans at every opportunity,” which would gain them the reputation as “fire-eating, quarrelsome daredevils” and make their job of subduing the guerrillas an easier prospect.
Stop by the library and check out these great western books!!
