In addition to its purely biographical theme, the book examines Siringo's life in the context of the Pinkerton agency's descent into illegality, and the increasing romanticisation of "Wild West" characters by a fast-growing Hollywood film industry of the 1920s.
The book won the 2006 Bronze Wrangler award for nonfiction from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
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