For more than a century the life and death of Butch Cassidy have been the subject of legend, spawning a small industry of mythmakers, and a major Hollywood film. Charles Leerhsen sorts out facts from folklore and paints a brilliant portrait of the celebrated outlaw of the American West. He shares his fascination with how criminals such as Butch deftly maneuvered between honest work and thievery, battling the corporate interests that were exploiting the settlers, and showing us in vibrant prose the Old West as it really was, in all its promise and heartbreak.
|