Captain Harry Love was in a bad way in June of 1868. It had been 15 years since his greatest triumph—tracking and killing the California bandit Joaquin Murietta. The intervening time had not been kind. That’s according to a new biography, The Man from the Rio Grande, by William Secrest. It’s the first time Love’s story has been told. And it’s not always a pretty tale. He lost his farmland in a legal squabble. His sawmill was carried away by flood. His house had burned down. To make
Already Signed Up? Log in here.
Read this article now for Free!
Ready for a third free article? Create a free account by entering your email address and a password below.
— OR —
Sign Up Now for $29.95 a year and have immediate access to all of True West content, including the complete True West Archives dating back to 1953!
