Wanted Man: The Forgotten Story of an American Outlaw

By Tamsin Spargo

Book Overview

One September night in 1892 the Wild West went east. A masked man boarded the American Express Special train as it sped through New York State and single-handedly stole a fortune. His name was Oliver... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582342288
• ISBN13: 9781582342283
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

WANTED MAN left me wanting more! Beautifully written...

In her beautifully written book, WANTED MAN, Tamsin Spargo has closed the century-old gap between forgotten outlaw Oliver Curtis Perry of Victorian-era New York and today. Through her sensitive yet objective and historically accurate telling of the life of this train robber, the author has raised a unique figure from the dead. Oliver Curtis Perry was a host of contradictions and grappled with his own powerful demons. Perry was mysterious, handsome, manipulative, highly intelligent, articulate but uneducated, romantic -- a 19th Century Robinhood or simple crook? Thoroughly researched and passionately executed, this truly intimate portrait of a life gone horribly wrong but a spirit still unbroken left me wanting more. A movie perhaps? The story would translate well to film.