Outlaw Kingdom

by Matt Braun

Outlaw Kingdom

Matt Braun


In 1889, Bill Tilghman joined the historic land rush that transformed a raw frontier into Oklahoma Territory. A lawman by trade, he set aside his badge to make his fortune in the boomtowns. Yet Tilghman was called into service once more, on a bold, relentless manhunt that would make his name a legend for all time--in an epic confrontation with outlaw gang leader Bill Doolin.

Genres: Westerns, Fiction, Historical Fiction

384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 15, 1996

About the author

Matt Braun is an author of fifty-six books, most of which are in the Western genre and has over 40 million copies in print.

Reviews

[Jeff Dickison · Rating 4 out of 5]

This a good fictional book about a real life situation. Marshall Bill Tilghman is directed to hunt down and bring in the Dalton gang and The Wild Bunch, dead or alive. The Dalton search basically ended when the gang was shot up in a town in Kansas. The Wild Bunch were much harder to catch because their leader, Bill Doolin, was intelligent and unpredictable. An excellent western with true life excitement. Recommended.

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Story driven Western, with little description of the setting or characters, unlike Louis L'Amour. I found the dialogue, at times, to be a bit cheesy. Still an interesting story, but nothing of depth.

[Henry McLaughlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story of real-life lawman, Bill Tilghman, is alive with suspense and adventure. Tilghman is hired to break up the Wild Bunch outlaw and bring its leader Bill Doolin to justice. Set in Oklahoma in the early 1890s, it's a saga of people settling a new land, outlaws seeking the easy life, Indians dealing with yet more corruption and double dealing from the white man.
Tilghman pursues his quarry across the Oklahoma territory only to have him seem to vanish into the wilds of the land. There are several close encounters building up to the exciting climax.
We also experience in Tilghman a man seeking to establish himself as a rancher and a man who falls in love with a younger woman who proves more than a match for this old lawman. We follow Doolin too as he meets his wife and seeks to escape the law and establish a new life in California for his wife and son.
The story is filled with intrigue and suspense, with heroic citizens and vain, self-seeking politicians.
The research is impeccable and provides the true sense of the time period and the hardships required to build a life on the frontier of the Old West.

[Benjamin Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was sitting on my shelf for a couple of years while I kept reaching for other, more glamorous titles. Finally, I picked it up and, WOW, it turned out to be a great read. There is plenty of action, intrigue, and suspense despite it's historical characters. Most of the book deals with Bill Tilghman's chase of Bill Doolan, a notorius outlaw and leader of the Wild Bunch of Oklahoma Territory. There's even some romance and soft-heartedness thrown in. I confess this is my first book by Matt Braun but will not be my last!

[Tom Barber · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sometimes you just feel like reading a western and this is a western! Also, it's based on the true life story of one of the legendary lawmen, Bill Tilghman. It's not a brilliant work, but it hit the spot for me. I enjoyed it!

[Keith B · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good account of a chapter of Bill Tilghman's life. When character still counted

[Bill Tillman · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really great book about a really great man.

[Rebecca Burmesch · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Ross Rawnsley · Rating 4 out of 5]

My first Matt Braun book. I enjoyed it!

Not a difficult listen, and very entertaining. I will certainly get my hands on more of his material...