The Winter That Created Outlaws

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The Last Ride: Outlaw Laura Bullion and the Wild Bunch

The worst winter in Texas history changed everything for Laura Bullion. The devastating Blizzard of 1887 destroyed cattle herds across the Great Plains, leaving thousands of cowboys without work. As ranches failed and honest opportunities disappeared, many desperate young men turned to robbery. Among them were Tom “Black Jack” Ketchum, Will Carver, and Ben Kilpatrick—the very outlaws who would soon change the course of Laura Bullion’s life forever.

Orphaned as a teenager and raised by her grandparents on a Texas ranch, Laura was drawn to the excitement of the cowboy life and fell deeply in love with Will Carver. Her story was never as simple as “outlaw girlfriend.” She was intelligent, well-educated for her time, fiercely independent, and caught between loyalty, love, and the dangerous choices made by the men around her. As the Wild Bunch’s train robberies grew bolder, Laura found herself riding ever closer to the center of one of the most notorious outlaw gangs in American history.

The Last Ride: Outlaw Laura Bullion and the Wild Bunch tells the remarkable true story of the woman history has too often overlooked, separating myth from fact through years of original research. The book arrives in bookstores everywhere August 15, and I can’t wait to share Laura’s extraordinary journey with readers.

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