Desperadoes
Book description
At age 65, Emmett Dalton, the sole survivor of the infamous Dalton gang makes a living by selling his outrageous adventure stories to Hollywood. Desperadoes details his memories of the murders, bootlegging and thievery he and his posse committed. The grit and excitement of these violent times are expertly evoked…
Why read it?
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Like many of us, I’m fascinated by the Old West (maybe it’s all those cowboy shows and movies I watched as a kid).
The novel follows legendary Dalton Brothers gang (related to the Younger brothers who ran with Jesse and Frank James). I stumbled across Desperadoes, which artfully co-mingles truth and fiction.
Hansen uses the conceit of having a novel told in the form of a fictional memoir, written in 1937 by 65-year-old Emmett Dalton, the last surviving member of the infamous gang.
Hansen centers his action around the gang’s plot to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, and…
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