The outlaw trail : a history of Butch Cassidy and his wild bunch / Charles Kelly ; introduction to the Bison Books Edition by Daniel Buck and Anne Meadows.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, Charles, 1889-1971.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cassidy, Butch, 1866-.

Cassidy, Butch.

West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890.

West (U.S.).

West (U.S.)--History--1890-1945.

Outlaws--West (U.S.).

Outlaws.

Crime--West (U.S.).

Crime.

Physical Description:

xix, 374 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1996]

Summary:

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 Robber's 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.

Notes:

"Bison books"--P. [i].

Includes index.

ISBN:

0803277784

OCLC:

33818660