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Butch Cassidy: Beyond the Grave(Beyond the Grave)

Butch Cassidy: Beyond the Grave(Beyond the Grave)


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This well-researched biography of the life—and controversial death—of Robert LeRoy Parker, a.k.a. Butch Cassidy, is a journey across the late-nineteenth-century American West as we follow Cassidy’s exploits in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah, where he made his name as a surprisingly affable outlaw. More important, this book answers the question: Did Butch Cassidy, noted outlaw of the American West, survive his alleged death at the hands of Bolivian soldiers in 1908 and return to friends and family in the United States? The evidence suggesting he did is impressive and not easily dismissed, but how he lived and what identity he assumed are still debated.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Chapter 1: Origins Chapter 2: Youth Chapter 3: Telluride Chapter 4: Enter Butch Cassidy Chapter 5: Prison Chapter 6: Robberies Chapter 7: Enter the Sundance Kid Chapter 8: Growth of an Outlaw Reputation Chapter 9: Betrayal Chapter 10: Winnemucca Bank Holdup Chapter 11: Eastbound Chapter 12: South America Chapter 13: The San Vicente Incident Chapter 14: The San Vicente Incident Revisited Chapter 15: Exhumation Chapter 16: Return of the Outlaw, Butch Cassidy Chapter 17: Enter William T. Phillips Chapter 18: What Was the Fate of Butch Cassidy? Selected Bibliography Index About the Author

About the Author :
W.C. Jameson is the award-winning author of more than eighty books. He is the bestselling treasure author in America, and his prominence as a professional fortune hunter has led to stints as a consultant for the Unsolved Mysteries television show, the Travel Channel, and the History Channel. He lives in Llano, Texas.

Review :
Professional treasure hunter and author Jameson (Lost Treasures of American History) is dismissive of the 'poor chronicling and unsubstantiated research' by outlaw history hobbyists. Outlaw history is not ranked high in academia, he notes, so Jameson sets out to separate fact from fiction. He traces Cassidy from his Utah boyhood to his criminal activities with the Wild Bunch and the Sundance Kid, noting erroneous perceptions generated by the popular 1969 film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Concluding chapters examine conflicting accounts of Cassidy’s 'enigmatic and controversial' final years. Was Butch Cassidy killed in a shootout in Bolivia in 1908, as tradition has it? Or did he return to the U.S. alive to visit family and friends? Some think Cassidy returned with the identity of William T. Phillips—'Could it be only a coincidence that Phillips looked amazingly like Cassidy?' and appeared from nowhere around the time Cassidy allegedly died? Phillips died in 1937, leaving behind 'The Bandit Invincible,' a manuscript filled with little known facts about Cassidy. Many readers will find themselves transfixed by Jameson’s probing discussion of this intriguing mystery, which he calls 'a historical conundrum.' By most accounts, Butch Cassidy (born Robert LeRoy Parker) was an affable, charming rogue who rustled cattle and robbed banks and trains with a smile. Perhaps that explains why many refuse to accept his ignominious end—shot to pieces by Bolivian troops in a grubby mining town. Jameson, an award-winning author and contributor to the History Channel, is determined to cast doubt on that unsavory demise. Much of this compact work is a useful and conventional biography of Cassidy. Jameson describes his young life as the oldest child of devout Mormon parents, growing up poor in Utah. He seems to have drifted slowly into a life of crime as he moved from various ranching jobs across Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming. Jameson describes his partnership with the Sundance Kid as a mating of opposites who shared and enjoyed each other’s restless spirits. . . . [M]eticulously researched, and the author’s love of the subject matter comes through clearly. Reading Butch Cassidy: Beyond the Grave is like reading a really good mystery.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781630760380
  • Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Taylor Trade Publishing
  • Height: 224 mm
  • No of Pages: 208
  • Series Title: Beyond the Grave
  • Sub Title: Beyond the Grave
  • Width: 148 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1630760382
  • Publisher Date: 09 Sep 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 308 gr


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