The Story of the Outlaw
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Chapter VIII Boone Helm--_A Murderer, Cannibal, and Robber_--_A Typical Specimen ofAbsolute Human Depravity_.
Henry Plummer was what might be called a good instance of the gentlemandesperado, if such a thing be possible; a man of at least a certainamount of refinement, and certainly one who, under differentsurroundings, might have led a different life. For the sake of contrast, if for nothing else, we may take the case of Boone Helm, one ofPlummer's gang, who was the opposite of Plummer in ever...y way except thereadiness to rob and kill. Boone Helm was bad, and nothing in the worldcould ever have made him anything but bad. He was, by birth andbreeding, low, coarse, cruel, animal-like and utterly depraved, and forhim no name but ruffian can fitly apply.
Helm was born in Kentucky, but his family moved to Missouri during hisearly youth, so that the boy was brought up on the borderland betweencivilization and the savage frontier; for this was about the time of theclosing days of the old Santa F
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Chapter VIII Boone Helm--_A Murderer, Cannibal, and Robber_--_A Typical Specimen ofAbsolute Human Depravity_.
Henry Plummer was what might be called a good instance of the gentlemandesperado, if such a thing be possible; a man of at least a certainamount of refinement, and certainly one who, under differentsurroundings, might have led a different life. For the sake of contrast, if for nothing else, we may take the case of Boone Helm, one ofPlummer's gang, who was the opposite of Plummer in ever...y way except thereadiness to rob and kill. Boone Helm was bad, and nothing in the worldcould ever have made him anything but bad. He was, by birth andbreeding, low, coarse, cruel, animal-like and utterly depraved, and forhim no name but ruffian can fitly apply.
Helm was born in Kentucky, but his family moved to Missouri during hisearly youth, so that the boy was brought up on the borderland betweencivilization and the savage frontier; for this was about the time of theclosing days of the old Santa F
What to read after The Story of the Outlaw?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Hough Emerson to read onlineMoreLess
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