The Last Outlaws: The Lives and Legends of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

By Thom Hatch

Book Overview

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid planned and executed the most daring robberies of the Old West, targeting banks, railroads and mines. As the sun rose on the twentieth century, they could not outrun the rapid growth of new technology and sprawling cities that altered the landscape and their very way of life. With high prices on their heads, Butch and Sundance fled to South America, where they supposedly met their deaths in a blaze of glory. This biography traces the lives and mysterious deaths of two Wild West icons who defied a nation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451416864
• ISBN13: 9780451416865
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Best book about Butch and Sundance

Excellent story backed up by extensive research. The author gives lots of background of what was happening in the country when Butch and Sundance were active, and also clears up the ambiguity of their times in South America.