Tom Horn: Blood on the Moon : Dark History of the Murderous Cattle Detective

By Chip Carlson

Book Overview

Horn was a death sentence to rustlers and the devil incarnate to homesteaders in late nineteenth-century Wyoming. The most notorious of the range detectives and the pre-eminent name in Wyoming history, he operated unchecked until he was arrested for the 1901 murder of the fourteen-year-old son of a sheep-ranching settler. The murder and questionable nature of Horn's conviction still ignite firestorms of controversy among historians and Wyomingites in general.With findings never before published, author Chip Carlson's monumental research draws the reader into questioning whether Tom Horn was actually railroaded for a murder he did not commit -- but could have. In this, Carlson's third book on events surrounding Tom Horn, he points to the probable killer of Willie Nickell.Many photographs and documents enhance this new book. Cover and interior artwork have been provided by Wyoming artist Larry Edgar. A foreword by Larry D. Ball, Ph.D., places the events in perspective.Before he was hanged Horn said, I have lived about fifteen ordinary lives. I would like to have had somebody who saw my past and could picture it to the public. It would be the most god damn interesting reading in the country. Now author Chip Carlson provides that reading.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0931271584
• ISBN13: 9780931271588
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: High Plains Pr
• Length: 379 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Tom Horn Blood on the Moon

An exceptional documentary dealing with one of Wyoming's most notorious citizens, one that reads like a novel. Although much has been written about Tom Horn, Chip Carlson has done an excellent job of presenting new facts and information furthing adding to the controversey over Horn's guilt in the murder of young Willie Nickell.

Portrait of a rogue

Chip Carlson has established himself as the most prolific and knowledgeable Tom Horn buff since Dean Krakel, and his work is extraordinarily readable. To understand a true American (choose your own term) outlaw, rogue, bounty hunter, lawman, Westerner ... whatever ... pick up Carlson's work, which is full of the grittiness that haunts the legend of Horn.

Tom Horn: Blood on the moon :Dark history of the murderou Ca

The best word I can think of to describe this book is FANTASTIC.Chip Carlson has written another masterpiece on the subject. To me just about every chapter leaves you craving more information, and thats what a good book should do.His indepth research is amazing on how he has put it into a format for persons interested in this period of western history. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants more insight into the times trials and tribulations of 1890's Wyoming.

Best of the West

Chip Carlson, who has studied Wyoming's notorious Tom Horn for more than a decade, has written the best-ever researched story on this subject. This is a must-read for everyone with even the most remote interest in the Old West. - Larry K. Brown

Like Eating Peanuts

Chip Carlson is a master historian-storyteller, whose definitive account of the notorious Tom Horn's later years is a "must" for anyone seriously interested about the dark side of the Old West. In fact, perusing Carlson's work is like eating peanuts; first you read one page, then two and, before you know it, you've consumed the entire book.