After having recently re-watched Tom Horn, i decided to search out a book about his life and trial etc.There appear to be 2 main ones ;
Life Of Tom Horn: Government Scout And Interpreter by Tom Horn
and
Tom Horn: Blood on the Moon : Dark History of the Murderous Cattle Detective by Chip Carlson
Has anyone read these and which would you recommend.
"How come I've got to run into a squirt like you nearly every place I go these days"
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Try the novel "I, Tom Horn," by Will Henry. It should be available through the hundreds if used book dealers in ABE Books (ww.abebooks.com). It's a sad book, one really does get the feeling that "the West" is finally over with this one.
shareI read the 1st one by Tom Horn. It's available to read online through Google in it's entirety. I thought it was very good, although it covers the 1st half of his life much more than the second. It mostly covers his yourth, and his involvement in the Apache wars in the late 1800s. It just briefly covers his work with the Pinkertons, and says nothing about his life in Wyoming. Maybe since he was writing it in jail, the bad news of the trial drained his energy, and he was not motivated to finish it. Or maybe he was hung before he could properly finish it.
I disagree with the previous poster who said it was dull. I thought it was VERY exciting. I mean we're talking cowboys, Indians, war, the old west, gun battles; how can you get more exciting than that?
The former book 'The Life of Tom Horn'...I have read.
It was a book issued by The University of Oklahoma, and it is apparently copied by a Journalist, from Tom's recollections, who visited Tom whilst he was in prison awaiting hanging.
The story relates Horn's time as a cattleman and a detective.
His best friend and boss during these times was called 'Siefert', who would have been a good character reference for Tom, had he been called upon.
I have read both books. The former written while he was in prison.
I have also had correspondence with Mr. Chip Carlson over his books on Tom Horn and Joe LeFors.
I can recommend any of Chip Carlson's books as he seems to do a lot of research on his subjects.
I also read a book on Tom Horn by the author Lauran Paine, Tom Horn: Man of the West that I can highly recommend.
From all accounts Tom Horn was known to brag quite a bit while/after drinking and he had little tolerance to those who doubted his word.
I spoke to Mr. Paine once via telephone about Tom Horn and to quote Mr. Paine, "Tom Horn was a low son of a bitch."