Cassidy, PB

By Lee Nelson

Book Overview

Author: ?+ Lee Nelson Description:

This biographical novel is based on the true story of a bold, young cowboy from Circleville, Utah Territory, who changed his name from Robert LeRoy Parker to Butch Cassidy, then put together the longest string of successful bank and train robberies in the history of the American West.

Utilizing his cowboy skills, he spent months training and conditioning his get-away horses so he could set a blistering get-away pace no posse in the world could keep up with, often covering a hundred miles or more in less than a dozen hours.

Unlike other notorious outlaw cowboys of his day, Butch Cassidy was not a vicious killer, but a friendly, likable outlaw with more good friends than he could count. He never robbed customers in banks or passengers on trains and in more than nine bank robberies he never shot anyone.

When he had money, he was generous to a fault. He loved people and animals and despised killing. Many called him the Robin Hood of the West.

Early in his outlay career, Butch discovered love at first sight as he watched a Shoshone half-breed girl in a sweat-stained dress following behind a brown mule. Her name was Mary, and the love they shared lasted for decades.

Pinkerton agents, law officers, bank detectives, and bounty hunters chased Cassidy relentlessly, making it impossible for him to seek refuge in Argentina and Bolivia. But in the end, Butch outsmarted them all.

?+Product Details:

Format: Paperback Print: Black & White Size: 6x9 Page Count: 439 ISBN: 9781555176228 Imprint: Council Press Office Use: 1L922

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555176224
• ISBN13: 9781555176228
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Council Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Hard to put down

I bought this book back in 1996 when i was 12 years old while I was on a road trip from new york to washington state. I read it back then and loved it. I recently found the book in my basement in a box, dusted it off and decided to read it again. Im glad I did. After finishing the book I gotta say Lee Nelson really knows how to keep you into the story. Reading this book was like playing a movie in my head. If you wanna know more about Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch I suggest you read this book.

One of my favorite books of all time!

Cassidy is a historical fiction account of Butch Cassidy's life. It is extremely well written and holds your interest through the whole book. I loved learning about the life of, in my opinion, the greatest outlaw of the west. The only book that comes close to matching this book is Rockwell, also by Lee Nelson. I couldn't more strongly recoment either of these books!