Wells, Fargo Detective: The Biography of James B. Hume
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (584 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 087417113X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
An historical hero brought to life Carmon Friedrich Life in the Old West was perilous and uncertain. There were fortunes to be made in the gold fields and in the enterprises that followed the gold rush. Yet law enforcement was not well-established, and stagecoach and train robbers could wipe out a fortune as quickly as it was made. The Wells, Fargo Company needed a way to protect the. Donald said A poser of a biographer about what should have been a good story. Recently republished, this book, clearly self-published and containing all the defects common to self-published books (many typos, inconsistent spellings, etc.), is about what may have been a most interesting character.Unfortunately, the prose is both juvenile and amateurish, with such gems as "the creaking, squealing coach crested . The Old West as it really happened. Great book, so easy to read. The history of a early settler in the west that becomes an unlikely detective for Wells, Fargo. Wonderful stories that take you back in time to what California was like during the Gold Rush era.I had trouble putting the book down once I started the first chapter. All of the details in the book were taken
"Dillonhas written a colorful biography of an Indiana farm-boy, James Hume, who heeded the 'Go West' cry of his timeDillon's portrait of the man is remarkably human and rounded." -Publishers Weekly "In a fast-paced story, historian Dillon gives life to this remarkable Wells, Fargo detective. In one of history's most fascinating arrests, Hume used a laundry mark to track down Black Bart, the poetry writing stagecoach robber. He used James Hume's own letters and diariesHe not only relates the fascinating events of Hume's public life but mines his personality as well and finds a heroic and likable figure." -Carmon Friedrich. In the tradition of his award-winning biographies, Meriwether Lewis and Fool's Gold,