Westfall Politics & History Series Presents Western Historian Tom Clavin

St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Westfall Politics and History Series and Main Street Books are pleased to host popular Western historian Tom Clavin, author of “Bandit Heaven: The Hole-in-the-Wall Gangs and the Final Chapter of the Wild West.”

The event will take place on Monday, October 28, 7:00 p.m. at the Clark Family Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis MO 63131.

From multiple New York Times bestselling author Tom Clavin comes the thrilling true story of the most infamous hangout for bandits, thieves and murderers of all time—and the lawmen tasked with rooting them out.

Robbers Roost, Brown’s Hole, and Hole-in-the-Wall were three hideouts that collectively were known to outlaws as “Bandit Heaven.” During the 1880s and ‘90s these remote locations in Wyoming and Utah harbored hundreds of train and bank robbers, horse and cattle thieves, the occasional killer, and anyone else with a price on his head.

Clavin's “Bandit Heaven” is the entertaining story of these tumultuous times and the colorful characters who rode the Outlaw Trail that connected the three hideouts—well-guarded enclaves no sensible lawman would enter. There are the “star” residents like gregarious Butch Cassidy and his mostly silent sidekick the Sundance Kid, and an array of fascinating supporting players like the cold-blooded Kid Curry, and “Black Jack” Ketchum, among others.

“Bandit Heaven” is a thrilling read, filled with action, indelible characters, and some poignance for the true end of the Wild West outlaw.

TOM CLAVIN is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and has worked as a newspaper editor, magazine writer, TV and radio commentator, and a reporter for The New York Times. He has received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, and National Newspaper Association. His books include the bestselling Frontier Lawmen trilogy—”Wild Bill,” “Dodge City” and “Tombstone.” 

Program sites are accessible. With at least two weeks' notice, accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities. Call 314-994-3300 or contact us.