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Chip Carlson

Carlson, Chip

(?) -

Cheyenne, WY 82003

www.tom-horn.com

Biographical and Professional Information

Chip Carlson, a 30-year resident of Cheyenne, is an acknowledged authority on Tom Horn, Wyoming's infamous cattle detective. Twenty years of Carlson's research has resulted in three books, the most recent of which won the prestigious Annual Award for history/biography from the Wyoming State Historical Society. He is the author of dozens of articles on early Western events that have appeared in such national publications as Wild West, True West and American Cowboy. Carlson is a member of the Western Outlaw and Lawman History Association (WOLA) and the Wyoming State Historical Society. He and his wife, Susan, live north of Cheyenne.

Genres

Autobiography or Biography

Nonfiction

Wyoming Subjects

Titles

Tom Horn: Blood on the moon: Dark history of the murderous cattle detective (2001). Glendo, WY: High Plains Press. ISBN: 0931271584.

Joe LeFors: "I slickered Tom Horn": The history of the Texas cowboy turned Montana-Wyoming lawman, a sequel (1995). Cheyenne, WY: Beartooth Corral. ISBN: 0963024833.

Tom Horn: "Killing men is my specialty--": The definitive history of the notorious Wyoming stock detective (1991). Cheyenne, WY: Beartooth Corral. ISBN: 0963024809.