Sam Bass

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. Wayne Gard has done a biography that bears the stamp of authenticity in every sentence. The writing of such a book about such a man is a rare achievement. The author has stuck to ascertainable facts and told a better story than the romancers. –Walter Prescott Webb As good a biography of a desperado as one may hope to find. –Stanley Walker Mr. Gard has taken an interesting subject and told his story simply and well. This kind of thing, based on careful research, is worth ten Western thrillers. –Joseph Henry Jackson