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- Son of the Old West is a gripping portraitof a mythic period in our history through the life and experience of one man. Perhapsmore than any other character, Charlie Siringo embodies the entire range andhistory of the Old West—from cattle drives and outlaws to labor battles andtrain robbing to ranching and, ultimately, portrayals of the era on Hollywood’ssilver screen.
- Siringo was born in 1855 just before the Civil War, which informed hisyouth in Matagorda, TX. He joined his first cattle drive at 11 in 1866, just asthe cattle business exploded, and joined the Pinkertons in late 1880s, takingon dangerous assignments under cover, as he was a skilled impersonator. Hiscolorful exploits frame the full narrative of the Old West.
- There are multiple core and defined audiences for this book: anyonefascinated by the Wild West; fans of Western movies and television, such as Deadwoodand Gunsmoke; anyone interested in detectives and true crime; and readersof early noir writers like Dashiell Hammett, who understood the detective storywas the cowboy story transported to the city.
- Son of theOld Westwill appeal to readers of classic Western tales like T.J. Stiles’s JesseJames, S.C. Gwynne’s Empire of the Summer Moon, Hampton Sides’s Bloodand Thunder, and Michael Wallis’s Billy the Kid.
- Nathan Ward’sprevious book The Lost Detective recounts how Dashiell Hammett, himselfan ex-Pinkerton operative, became the great noir writer. It was a 2016 EdgarAward nominee and received positive review coverage in the Wall StreetJournal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune,and other outlets.
- Siringo knew many Old West legends: he met Billy the Kid when they were20 and they exchanged gifts. He was caught in a brawl in Bat Masterson’s barand encountered Wild Bill Hickok. He was in the posse chasing Kid Curry andButch Cassidy. He and Wyatt Earp were in Hollywood together.
- Though largely uneducated, Siringo was an evocative writer—first of anewspaper column in Caldwell, KS, then in multiple books he self published.Will Rogers called his bestselling 1885 memoir A Texas Cowboy “thecowboy Bible.” The Pinkertons sued to block initial publication of ACowboy Detective and then again 20 years later forced Houghton Mifflinto recall it after Siringo had convinced them to publish. He also wrote thefirst biography of Billy the Kid.
- Fully illustratedthroughout with maps and almost forty archival images.
- Format: Inbunden
- ISBN: 9780802162083
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 368
- Utgivningsdatum: 2023-09-05
- Förlag: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press