{"product_id":"son-of-the-old-west-hardcover","title":"Son of the Old West - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathan Ward\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn epic narrative of\u003cbr\u003ethe Old West told through the vivid, outsized life of cowboy, detective, \u003cbr\u003eand chronicler Charlie Siringo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo figure in the Old West lived or\u003cbr\u003eshaped its history more fully than Charlie Siringo, as Nathan Ward reveals in his colorful portrait of this epic era and one of its primary protagonists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Matagorda, Texas\u003cbr\u003ein 1855, Charlie went on his first cattle drive at age twelve and spent two decades\u003cbr\u003eliving his boyhood dream as a cowboy. As the dangerous, lucrative \"beeves\"\u003cbr\u003ebusiness boomed, Siringo drove longhorn steers north to the burgeoning Midwest\u003cbr\u003ePlains states' cattle and railroad towns, inevitably crossing paths with such\u003cbr\u003elegendary figures as Billy the Kid, Bat Masterson, and Shanghai Pierce. In his\u003cbr\u003eearly thirties he joined the Pinkerton Detective Agency's Denver office, using\u003cbr\u003ea variety of aliases to investigate violent labor disputes and infiltrate\u003cbr\u003eoutlaw gangs such as Butch Cassidy's train robbing Wild Bunch. As brave as he\u003cbr\u003ewas clever, he was often saved by his cowboy training as he traveled to places\u003cbr\u003ethe law had not yet reached.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSiringo's\u003cbr\u003ebestselling, landmark 1885 autobiography, \u003ci\u003eA Texas Cowboy\u003c\/i\u003e, helped\u003cbr\u003emake the lowly cowboy a heroic symbol of the American West. His later\u003cbr\u003ememoir, \u003ci\u003eA Cowboy Detective\u003c\/i\u003e, influenced early hard-boiled crime\u003cbr\u003enovelists for whom the detective story was really the cowboy story in an urban\u003cbr\u003esetting. Sadly sued into debt by the Pinkertons determined to prevent their\u003cbr\u003esources and methods from being revealed, Siringo eventually sold his beloved New Mexico\u003cbr\u003eranch and moved to Los Angeles, where he advised Hollywood filmmakers, and\u003cbr\u003eespecially actor William S. Hart, on their early 1920s Westerns, watching the\u003cbr\u003efrontier history he had known first-hand turned into romantic legend on the\u003cbr\u003escreen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn old age, \u003cbr\u003eCharlie Siringo was called \"Ulysses of the Wild West\" for the long journey he\u003cbr\u003etook across the western frontier. \u003ci\u003eSon of the Old West\u003c\/i\u003e brings\u003cbr\u003ehim and his legendary world vividly to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATHAN WARD \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Detective: Becoming Dashiell Hammett\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for the Edgar and Anthony awards, as well as \u003ci\u003eDark Harbor: The War for the New York Waterfront\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrimereads\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWestword\u003c\/i\u003e and was an editor at\u003ci\u003e American Heritage Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e for several years. Though he lives in Brooklyn, NY, he has had a lifelong interest in the American West and its history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752601813280,"sku":"9780802162083","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4f9d7866165cc7e6c3107349f1f680d1.webp?v=1779999717","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/son-of-the-old-west-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}