<p>Sam Bass is one of the largest outlaw legends of the Old West, an orphan turned wily criminal who has managed to elude Pinkerton detectives, U.S. marshals, and a special task force of manhunters led by the famous Captain June Peak. </p><p>A Midwestern farm boy who lit out for Texas with dreams of becoming a cowboy, Bass ends up in Deadwood, South Dakota, a place that can turn even the best man bad. Once Sam Bass picked up a gun and robbed a stagecoach, there was no turning back. The law wanted him dead, fate wanted him in Texas, and the outlaw trail lay between. </p><p>Bass tells one man the real story of his legendary life, a tale of lost dreams and dashed hopes, of how a good man ended up on the wrong side of the law-and now lies dying with a bullet in the back. </p><p>THE TRUE STORY OF A TEXAS LEGEND, AND ONE OF THE BESTSELLING BOOKS IN THE WESTERNERS TRILOGY, ALSO FEATURING <i>GUN JUSTICE</i> AND <i>GUNMASTER</i>. </p>