It's not an easy job, made difficult by a paucity of sources that themselves vary widely in accuracy, but there's enough to give a portrait of Cassidy's life and career, down to the essential mystery: did Cassidy and Harry Longabaugh, the Sundance Kid, survive the shootout in Bolivia? Were they in fact even there? Jameson does a workmanlike job dissecting the surviving information we have about Cassidy, trying to pry down to the truth of his life. Trapped, he surrounded himself with a team of experts, and they cut a mad swath through the last days of the American frontier. It strikes me that he became a criminal almost accidentally and then found himself trapped. He was no sociopath, no killer he was a kind, generous man with a sense of humor. His life in many ways is strangely elusive, but what comes through clearly is that Cassidy was not a natural criminal. More seriously, there are a number of mysteries surrounding the life of Robert LeRoy Parker, the man who became Butch Cassidy. It strikes me that he be One of the great mysteries of the American cinema is to ponder how many tickets a film entitled Butch Cassidy and Harry Longabaugh might have sold. One of the great mysteries of the American cinema is to ponder how many tickets a film entitled Butch Cassidy and Harry Longabaugh might have sold. More important, this book answers the question: Did Butch Cassidy, noted outlaw of the American West, survive his alleged death at the hands of Bolivian soldiers in 1908 and return to friends and family in the United States? The evidence suggesting he did is impressive and not easily dismissed, but how he lived and what identity he assumed are still debated.".
Butch Cassidy, is a journey across the late-nineteenth-century American West as we follow Cassidy s exploits in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah, where he made his name as a surprisingly affable outlaw. More important, this book answers the question: Did Butch Cassidy, noted outlaw This well-researched biography of the life and controversial death of Robert LeRoy Parker, a.k.a.
This well-researched biography of the life and controversial death of Robert LeRoy Parker, a.k.a.
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