Life of Tom Horn, government scout and interpreter
by Horn, Tom
Published by : Rio Grande Press (Glorieta, New Mexico) Physical details: 328 p| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 - 999 | Book Cart | 979.030924 Hor (Browse shelf) | Available | In Memory of: Paul Blades | 49492 |
Includes Index
Introduction / Dean Krakel --
Preface / John C. Coble, Iron Mountain Ranch, Bosler, Wyoming, March 1, 1904 --
Horn's boyhood --
Under Sieber's wing --
Life among the Apaches --
Prospector and interpreter --
Meeting with Geronimo --
Indian troubles --
Pursuing the renegades --
Soldiers against Chiricahuas --
Clash with Mexicans --
A perilous journey --
"Tom Horn and his war dogs" --
Before the investigating committee --
Arrival of George Crook --
"A man of war and a man of truth" --
Geronimo's council --
Chief of scouts --
Ambush for the raiders --
Another Chiricahua outbreak --
No more bluff --
Attack on Geronimo's camp --
A Mexican attack --
Surrender of the Chiricahuas --
Cattle detective and other activities --
Supplementary articles: Letters: [Ownbey to Horn; Horn to Coble; Horn to Chas. {Charles} Irwin; Horn to Ohnhaus; Horn to Coble {5 letters} ; Chas. {Charles} Horn to J.C. Coble] ; Miss Kimmell's statement ; "Life's railway to Heaven" ; Statement by Al Sieber ; Closing words by J.C. Coble.
This autobiography is now given in book form for gen eral circulation, in response to an insistent public de mand. The fact that such a Life had been written had no sooner become known than I was besieged by his per sonal friends and acquaintances, and by interested read ers of the published reports of the trial, for the publica tion of the autobiography prepared by Tom Horn. Let ters reached me by every mail from almost every state and territory of the Union; and I may be permitted here to state that there was scarcely a letter among them all which did not declare a belief in the innocence of Horn, after carefully considering the details of the case.
Telegrams and letters reached me, also, from daily newspapers, monthly magazines and publishing houses, making propositions for exclusive publishing rights.