October 7 - LOGAN: The Honorable Life and Scandalous Death of a Western Lawman

Award-winning author Jackie Boor will discuss what she calls “the adventure of a lifetime” gathering material for the newly released book she wrote about her great-grandfather titled, “LOGAN: The Honorable Life and Scandalous Death of a Western Lawman.” First elected as Nye County, NV sheriff in 1899, Tom Logan found himself caught between the lawlessness of the Old West and the rise of 20^th century justice.     Available in hardback and paperback, LOGAN has nearly 100 photos, over a dozen period poems, and embodies all that was intoxicating and perilous about the Old West. From the travails of the early pioneers to the grueling rigors of the mining boomtown years, Tom Logan’s story also spotlights several colorful historical figures with whom he interacted, such as: Jim Butler, Tasker Oddie, George Wingfield, “Diamondfield Jack” Davis, John Sparks, the Pittman brothers, and Wyatt Earp—whose Tonopah saloon, The Northern, was just a stone’s throw from The American, Tom Logan’s saloon.