Trigger marshal;: The story of Chris Madsen

by Homer Croy

Hardcover; Fine; Signed by Author; Dust Jacket - Very Good; 267 pp., index, sources, time clock, photographs. A fine tight copy in a bright very good + unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND HUMOROUSLY INSCRIBED to fellow author Gordon C. Baldwin. From the dust jacket, " Chris Madsen was a greater peace officer than Wyatt Earp - greater by far." With these fighting words, the author launches into a fascinating story that has never before been told, the story of a great peace officer of the West who came to America from Denmark as a youth to fight Indians.

267 pages, Hardcover

First published August 8, 2015

Reviews

[Kjeld Mikkelsen]

I have the First Edition of this book

[Ahdom · Rating 4 out of 5]

This old gem was an absolute treasure to read. I am fully aware not everything in this is positively historically accurate, but so much fun to read. I got interested in this book when I found out that my father recently purchased a piece of land that was once owned by Chris Madsen. I began to get interested in his history and requested my local library to do interlibrary loan. It took me no time to get through this book and his life story is positively thrilling. It was amazing to hear of the history surrounding so many places I know well here in Oklahoma. It made me not only appreciate Chris' story, but also Oklahoma's interesting history. Chris is buried near my hometown in Yukon and I plan to go and visit sometime, as well as Ingalls, OK. My dad has a longhorn ranch on Chris' old property and he named the ranch Trigger Marshal Ranch.