Sam Bass

by Pilar Wayne and Wayne Gard

Book Overview

"The world is bobbing around," said Sam Bass the day he died. The day was Sunday, July 21, 1878--Sam's twenty-seventh birthday. Sam had done considerable bobbing around himself. He had been a cowboy, a gambler, a highwayman, and a train robber before he met his fate at Round Rock. His coups were many; his fame legendary. And the strangest thing of all is that he never killed a man until that last gunfight.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803250681
• ISBN13: 9780803250680
• Release Date: September 1969
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"

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Review of "Sam Bass"

Texas history is filled with people whose lives were made legendary. The stories of John Wesley Hardin, Judge Roy Bean, and Bonnie and Clyde to name a few, are so fascinating because they are true. Texas outlaw Sam Bass is no exception. A quiet Indiana farm boy who came to Texas looking for adventure, Bass soon turned to robbing stagecoaches and trains to whet his appetite for easy money and adventure. Loved by the public, feared by the transportation industry and hunted by the Texas Rangers, Sam Bass became a legend even before he met his death on a Round Rock, Texas street at the hands of the Rangers. Depending on your purpose for reading this book, you will be either greatly entertained or left wondering how to separate fact from fiction. For those who seek the thrill of a larger than life, old west outlaw story, this is the book for you. For those who want an account of the life and times of Sam Bass for research purposes, this work contains a great deal of reliable information. However, the book is full of quotes and conversations that lack footnotes. One then has to suspect that the author may have taken it upon himself to fill in some gaps in the story. At any rate, the book is well written and extremely captivating. Whether you are a Texas history buff or just a lover of a good old west novel, you will enjoy this biography of a real Texas legend.