The Last Desperado

A Novel

by Rebecca Rockwell

 

Book Details


In the last days of the Old West, outlaw gangs ran wild in the Twin Territories encompassing Kansas and Oklahoma, robbing trains, banks, stores and stagecoaches. Out of the ashes of the Dalton Gang’s downfall in 1892 rose the infamous Wild Bunch, led by easygoing cowboy-turned-outlaw Bill Doolin. The Last Desperado chronicles Doolin’s compelling journey from the cattle ranches to the outlaw trail as his fame grows to legendary proportions—and as he struggles to reconcile his life of crime with his desire for a peaceful home life with his wife and son. Meticulously researched and based upon historical fact, The Last Desperado brings to life a cunning, intelligent and fascinating man, at heart a simple cowboy, who managed to make an indelible mark on the face of history and become the stuff of legend.

 

About the Author

Rebecca Rockwell

Rebecca Rockwell has a passion for the American West and its famous figures; subjects of her historical novels include Jesse James, the Dalton Gang and Bill Doolin. Her first novel The Outlaw's Wife was published in 2008, and her second, the Dalton Gang novel In The Shadow of Death Alley, was published in September of 2011. Her third novel, The Last Desperado, based on the life of Wild Bunch leader Bill Doolin, was released in November of 2013 and won the top Honorable Mention in the Commercial Fiction category for the 2014 Eric Hoffer Award for Independent Books. She is honored to have her second novel available for sale in the gift shop of the Dalton Defenders Museum in Coffeyville, Kansas, and she is proud to be a member of Western Writers of America (WWA). She recently finished co-authoring the memoirs of Hollywood Stunt Coordinator Mickey Gilbert, and plans to have another historical western in the works later this year. She lives in Southern California.

Also by Rebecca Rockwell

The Outlaw's Wife
In the Shadow of Death Alley