A Cowboy Detective: A True Story Of Twenty-Two Years With a World Famous Detective Agency

An interesting trip down through history. Having grown up around old Cowboys I loved how these stories rambles in the way of an old story telling cowboy.

Great book on the struggle for law and order in the West. If you like this book you will also want read the following similar 99-cent books:1 A Texas Cow Boy [Illustrated] (1886) 2  Fifty Years a Detective: Hitherto unpublished facts connected with some of Mr. Furlong's greatest cases-Other interesting incidents of his long and strenuous career (1912) 3  Captain Bill McDonald, Texas Ranger: A Story of Frontier Reform (1909) 4  The Lincoln County War (1908) 5  Reminiscences of a Ranger: or, Early Times in Southern California (1881) 6  Andrew Jackson Potter, the Fighting Parson of the Texan Frontier (1881) 7  The Coast Rangers of California: A Chronicle of Adventure (1861) 8  The Quirt and Spur: Vanishing Shadows of the Texas Frontier (1909) 9  Life and Adventures of L. D. Lafferty: Being a True Biography of One of the Most Remarkable Men of the Great Southwest ...and Hairbreadth Escapes Upon the Frontier of Texas 10  The Vigilantes of Montana, Or, Popular Justice in the Rocky Mountains: Being a Correct and Impartial Narrative of the Chase, Trial, Capture, and Execution of Henry Plummer's Road Agent Band ...

Fast moving, honest true tales of adventure in the old west.A must read for anyone interested in theWild Wild West

Enjoyed this read because it shed a lot of light on law enforcement in the 19th century.

Charlie Siringo lived the life of a Texas cowboy during the last years of the nineteenth century and he had a gift of accurately describing his adventures. In reading his book, one needs to remember that it is written by a tough old Texas cowboy for whom our modern ideas of political correctness do not apply. At many points I was taken aback by his insensitivity toward racial minorities. But, when I considered the source, I was able to overlook his perceived bigotry. I recommend this book but with caveats.

This is an interesting read. Read between the lines for more info on the era, that is, this guy has a wife and small child and no one thinks anything of it that he's gone for long periods of time. That would get a bit sticky in today's modern world. But he loves his job and he writes well. This is history from the first person, the times, the people, the events.

I'm only half way through the book, but I like it a lot. Fun read

The editing made reading this one just a little bit distracting, but the content was wonderful.. So many of the areas he talks about are familiar to me and I can visualize the countryside and some of the personalities he encountered. The bits about "Tim" Horn were interesting. I think we'll never know if he actually killed the teenager, but it does make one wonder..

It was ok.

Lovely read. Almost too much information to take in as his adventures seem to be all-encompassing and never-ending!!

STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSES MOUTH [GENUINE STUFF]

Very interesting read on how the law was administered across the west of America and how fast the world changed in the late 19th century America.

Easy to read story of times gone by.