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No Tears for Black Jack Ketchum: Facsimile of Number 290 of the Original 1958 Edition

No Tears for Black Jack Ketchum: Facsimile of Number 290 of the Original 1958 Edition

Stanley, F.
Simmons, Marc

Paperback

Series: Southwest Heritage

Biographies GeneralHistorical Figures

Publisher Price: $28.95

ISBN10: 0865346828
ISBN13: 9780865346826
Publisher: Sunstone Pr
Published: Aug 1 2008
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Thomas Edward (Black Jack) Ketchum (October 31, 1863-April 26, 1901) was executed for an attempt to hold up the C. & S. train between Des Moines and Folsom in the northeaster corner of New Mexico. His other daring deeds as a desperado were not considered by the court. Ketchum was to be made an example in an effort to prevent further robberies as well as to prove to the rest of the nation that New Mexico knew how to deal with outlaws like Black Jack. Actually the hanging proved nothing. Rustlers, robbers, and outlaws continued on their merry way. Looking back over Ketchum's misdeeds, which were many, his misplaced bravery outshone the more widely known Billy the Kid who never came within range of Ketchum for daring, nerve, and hard riding. Ketchum, whose career began as an humble horse thief, wrote his own ticket with tragic results. The truth about Ketchum reads like fiction and the author shows no signs of embellishment in his account.

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