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Title: Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
Subtitle: The Lives and Legacies of the Wild West's Famous Outlaw Duo
Author: Charles River Editors
Narrator: Scott Clem
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-08-17
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Genres: History, American
Publisher's Summary:
The Wild West has made legends out of many men through the embellishment of their stories, such as crediting Billy the Kid and Wild Bill Hickok for killing far more people than they actually did. But it has also made icons out of outlaws like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid based on the mystery and uncertainty surrounding their crimes and deaths, allowing speculation and legend to fill in the gaps.
Though Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are the two most famous members of the Wild Bunch and will probably always be associated with each other, there's no indication that they had any particularly close friendship or relationship aside from being members of the same gang. In fact, they might not have been linked together at all but for the fact that they both chose to flee the country for Argentina to escape justice. It was in South America that the famous outlaws are believed to have met their ultimate fate in a shootout with Bolivian soldiers, but the mystery and controversy surrounding that shootout (and whether the two bandits were actually them) have helped ensure their place in Western lore. As with so many other legends of the West, people continue to speculate that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid survived and lived out the rest of their lives.
Members Reviews:
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid: The Lives and Legacies of the Wild West's Famous Outlaw Duo by Charles River Editors
I have always been a major fan of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, especially after my time as curator of the Crook County Museum in Sundance, Wyoming in the mid-nineties. The book is well written and definitely held my attention, but I found a major error in the section on Sundance, Wyoming. The Sundance Kid was NEVER incarcerated in the jail pictured in the book but one that was part of the original Crook County Courthouse. The jail in the photo had not even been built at this time. I think it's important to insure historical facts printed are correct.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
This was a mildly interesting biography of the infamous western legends. The 1960s movie about them was so romanticized and not very factual. The two men were not close friends and didn't spend much time together, except when they went to South America. However, their criminal lives were not particularily notorious; it was the lighthearted movie with Paul Newman and Robert Redford that put them on history map.
Five Stars
Great.
Quick read
Quick, easy read but first few pages are a little tedious. Enjoyed it after reading through birth to early life section. Book makes you want to hear more facts about the outlaw duo.
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Title: Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
Subtitle: The Lives and Legacies of the Wild West's Famous Outlaw Duo
Author: Charles River Editors
Narrator: Scott Clem
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-08-17
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Genres: History, American
Publisher's Summary:
The Wild West has made legends out of many men through the embellishment of their stories, such as crediting Billy the Kid and Wild Bill Hickok for killing far more people than they actually did. But it has also made icons out of outlaws like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid based on the mystery and uncertainty surrounding their crimes and deaths, allowing speculation and legend to fill in the gaps.
Though Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are the two most famous members of the Wild Bunch and will probably always be associated with each other, there's no indication that they had any particularly close friendship or relationship aside from being members of the same gang. In fact, they might not have been linked together at all but for the fact that they both chose to flee the country for Argentina to escape justice. It was in South America that the famous outlaws are believed to have met their ultimate fate in a shootout with Bolivian soldiers, but the mystery and controversy surrounding that shootout (and whether the two bandits were actually them) have helped ensure their place in Western lore. As with so many other legends of the West, people continue to speculate that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid survived and lived out the rest of their lives.
Members Reviews:
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid: The Lives and Legacies of the Wild West's Famous Outlaw Duo by Charles River Editors
I have always been a major fan of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, especially after my time as curator of the Crook County Museum in Sundance, Wyoming in the mid-nineties. The book is well written and definitely held my attention, but I found a major error in the section on Sundance, Wyoming. The Sundance Kid was NEVER incarcerated in the jail pictured in the book but one that was part of the original Crook County Courthouse. The jail in the photo had not even been built at this time. I think it's important to insure historical facts printed are correct.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
This was a mildly interesting biography of the infamous western legends. The 1960s movie about them was so romanticized and not very factual. The two men were not close friends and didn't spend much time together, except when they went to South America. However, their criminal lives were not particularily notorious; it was the lighthearted movie with Paul Newman and Robert Redford that put them on history map.
Five Stars
Great.
Quick read
Quick, easy read but first few pages are a little tedious. Enjoyed it after reading through birth to early life section. Book makes you want to hear more facts about the outlaw duo.