F. Stanley

No Tears for Black Jack Ketchum

Facsimile of Number 290 of the Original 1958 Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Thomas Edward ("Black Jack") Ketchum (October 31, 1863-April 26, 1901) was executed for an attempt to hold up the C. & S. train between Des Moines and Folsom in the northeaster corner of New Mexico. His other daring deeds as a desperado were not considered by the court. Ketchum was to be made an example in an effort to prevent further robberies as well as to prove to the rest of the nation that New Mexico knew how to deal with outlaws like Black Jack. Actually the hanging proved nothing. Rustlers, robbers, and outlaws continued on their merry way. Looking back over Ketchum's misdeeds, which were many, his misplaced bravery outshone the more widely known Billy the Kid who never came within range of Ketchum for daring, nerve, and hard riding. Ketchum, whose career began as an humble horse thief, wrote his own ticket with tragic results. The truth about Ketchum reads like fiction and the author shows no signs of embellishment in his account.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sunstone Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9780865346826
• ISBN-10: 0865346828
• Artikelnr.: 24917112

Autorenporträt

F. Stanley is the pen name of Stanley Francis Louis Crocchiola. He was born October 31, 1908, in Greenwich Village, New York. On February 10, 1938, he was ordained in the Order of the Atonement, a branch of the Third Order of St. Francis. He died February 5, 1996, in Amarillo, Texas. During his life, Stanley published over 190 books.