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"An excellent history of the lives and exploits of the better-known outlaws of the Northwest."--Ramon Adams, "Six-Guns and Saddle Leather"--Ramon Adams "Six-Guns and Saddle Leather "
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'An excellent history of the lives and exploits of the better-known outlaws of the Northwest' - Ramon Adams, "Six-Guns and Saddle Leather". 'Among the finest books published on outlaws of the Great Basin country' - Dan L. Thrapp, "Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography". 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. Charles Kelly was a historical writer who lived in Utah until his death in 1971. "The Outlaw Trail", originally published in 1938 and revised and expanded in 1959, is considered a classic. Introducing it are Daniel Buck and Anne Meadows, who followed the South American Outlaw Trail to find out what became of Butch and Sundance.
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The Real West
20 Sep 2000
Format:Paperback
The fascinating true story of the outlaws of the late Old West, (roughly 1887-1909). This book was originally written in the 1930s, based on interviews with witnesses still living. The author skillfully weaves Butch Cassidy throughout the narrative, but the story is not the outlaw leader's alone but of Gunplay Maxwell, Big Nose Jake, Sheriff John T. Pope, Queen Ann Bassett and a host of others, of Hole-in-the-Wall and Robber's Roost, of a time when *everyone* stole cattle, of bank robberies gone awry, local juries that never convict, and posses so fearful of the men they are pursuing that fresh sign on the trail means it's a good time to stop and brew coffee.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A scholarly work full of details about a time period long past
7 Oct 2006
Format:Paperback
This book was originally self-published by Kelly in the 30s and then updated and republished in the 50s. It contains a very good Introduction written by Daniel Buck and Anne Meadows which puts what follows in perspective.
There are indeed problems with the book, but it is rich in details giving a far more accurate portrayal of the Old West and the outlaws that ran from the Canadian border to Mexico (cutting through specifically Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Arizona) than what passes for the Old West in Hollywoods version or some of the more popular western fiction writers. I'd say after reading this that the west portrayed in David Milch's DEADWOOD is closer to reality.
I've traveled much of the territory in this book and found while doing so that the book enriched my travels. Much of the Old West is gone, but traces of it can still be found if you look hard and this book helps to bring it alive.
Kelly details the history of the Outlaw Trail through the different outlaws he writes of and their escapades. The book is not particularly linear. He does skip around and has an annoying habit of mentioning someone and then saying he'll tell more about them later. At times I felt I needed a character list to keep track of all of the outlaws and how they interrelated. Still, it gave me ample background about how the Outlaw Trail "worked" and the various places where they had free reign.
It's a scholarly work in need of some serious scholarly editing. Still, I found the information useful and interesting. If you're looking for strictly Louis L'Amour this probably isn't the book for you. If instead you're looking to find out more about the true Old West add this book to your collection. It gives another perspective and once you get past some of the at times overly descriptive language/dialogue you'll walk away with a better understanding of this time in our country's history. It's the history of the men and woman who never had movies written about them but who up until a little over 50 years ago still haunted the territories they once rode through with near impunity.
There are indeed problems with the book, but it is rich in details giving a far more accurate portrayal of the Old West and the outlaws that ran from the Canadian border to Mexico (cutting through specifically Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Arizona) than what passes for the Old West in Hollywoods version or some of the more popular western fiction writers. I'd say after reading this that the west portrayed in David Milch's DEADWOOD is closer to reality.
I've traveled much of the territory in this book and found while doing so that the book enriched my travels. Much of the Old West is gone, but traces of it can still be found if you look hard and this book helps to bring it alive.
Kelly details the history of the Outlaw Trail through the different outlaws he writes of and their escapades. The book is not particularly linear. He does skip around and has an annoying habit of mentioning someone and then saying he'll tell more about them later. At times I felt I needed a character list to keep track of all of the outlaws and how they interrelated. Still, it gave me ample background about how the Outlaw Trail "worked" and the various places where they had free reign.
It's a scholarly work in need of some serious scholarly editing. Still, I found the information useful and interesting. If you're looking for strictly Louis L'Amour this probably isn't the book for you. If instead you're looking to find out more about the true Old West add this book to your collection. It gives another perspective and once you get past some of the at times overly descriptive language/dialogue you'll walk away with a better understanding of this time in our country's history. It's the history of the men and woman who never had movies written about them but who up until a little over 50 years ago still haunted the territories they once rode through with near impunity.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Research that stands the test of time
20 May 2006
Format:Paperback
Although Charles Kelly did not leave us with a lot of footnotes while in the course of writing this book, his research has stood the test of time, and relatively few of his facts are contested, even after more than fifty years. He was able to interview many of the old timers, participants and eye-witnesses, and come closer to capturing the feel of the time period. No wonder the book is full of intrigue and insight that the best modern researchers can not match.
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