Hancock Karla (1 results)
Language: English
Published by Canyonlands Natural History Association, Moab, Utah, U.S.A., 2010
- Softcover
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. Fourth Printing. 141 Pages. Illustrated throughout with photographs and newspaper clippings. No defects noted and interior text and illustration pages are near flawless. Long after Butch and Sundance left the country in 1901, outlaws rode on. The Wild terrain of southeastern Utah remained their…refuge, from the infamous Robbers Roost to today's Canyonlands National Park, and beyond. In his biography of one such man, the author reveals how some became wanted, while others freely operated under the guise of respectability. The author does a superb job of capturing the flavor of time and place, a grim enlightenment of hard times and consequences. In the early 1900s much of southern Utah was still untamed, unnamed, and unexplored. To a bold adventurous boy like Bill Tibbetts, the place was magic. Cowboys still bucked-out wild horses and chased renegade bands of Indians that skulked through mountain shadows or up canyons cradling ancient cliff dwellings. The story of Bill Tibbetts, who overcame the travails of being a wanted man in a hostile land, is a nostalgic read of hard times in the old west. This book is an exciting tale of one man's journey, his grit, his gumption, his loyalty to the land and family. Contents in 17 Chapters: The Birth of a Legend, A Murder Most Foul, The Widow's son, A Child of the Wilderness, Indian wars Horse Thieves and Outlaws, A Farewell to Arms, Making a New Start, Cowboy Life Along the River, Drought Indian Trouble and Murder, The fight for Greener Pastures, frontier Justice, The Great Escape, Fugitives on the Desert, A Letter to the Editor The Phantom on the Mountain, Vanishing Into the mist, and The Homecoming. Jenney, David - Design (illustrator).
