Review: Fascinating and true story about life in the Old West
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 2, 2012
I have always loved stories about the Old West.  It is such an interesting time in our nation's history.  Life back then was so hard scrabble and frontier justice was usually brutal.  I was visiting the Pioneer Village at the Fairgrounds in our town and one of the curators there recommended this book.  It is excellent!  It is well-written, very to the point and honest.  The story is incredibly interesting: it details the life of our nation's youngest ever US Marshal and crack shot "Pistol Pete".  The adventures that he has are incredible - I can't imagine by teenage son being mature enough to handle the things that Pistol Pete did at just seventeen years old!  I really loved learning about his formative years, too - how he learned to handle a pistol and how he developed his sharp shooting skills.  As one of the other reviewers mentioned, some of the situations are pretty intense but that is just how life was back then.  This is one of my favorite biographical Old West books.  I am planning to buy a copy for my dad for Christmas this year - I know that he will love it as much as I do!