Life of Tom Horn
Government Scout and Interpreter
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century, Biography & Memoir, Historical
| Author: | Tom Horn | ISBN: | 9781623580193 |
| Publisher: | Tales End Press | Publication: | August 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tom Horn |
| ISBN: | 9781623580193 |
| Publisher: | Tales End Press |
| Publication: | August 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
On November 20th, 1903, the cowboy Tom Horn was hanged in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the murder of a fourteen-year-old boy. His trial was almost certainly influenced by sensationalistic “Yellow” journalism and the bitter cattle range wars of the day, and remains controversial even now. Horn had been many things – runaway farm boy, mule skinner, miner, rodeo champion, Pinkerton detective – but his greatest fame had been as a US Army scout and Indian interpreter in the Apache wars.
On November 20th, 1903, the cowboy Tom Horn was hanged in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the murder of a fourteen-year-old boy. His trial was almost certainly influenced by sensationalistic “Yellow” journalism and the bitter cattle range wars of the day, and remains controversial even now. Horn had been many things – runaway farm boy, mule skinner, miner, rodeo champion, Pinkerton detective – but his greatest fame had been as a US Army scout and Indian interpreter in the Apache wars.
