October’s Make Up Meeting: Desperadoes: A Novel by Ron Hansen

A historical novel narrated by a 65-year-old Emmett Dalton, the sole survivor of the infamous Dalton gang, who tells the story of the gang's violent criminal career in the late 19th-century American West. The novel, which combines thorough historical research with the author's imagination, details the gang's murders, robberies, and bootlegging, while also exploring the darker and less heroic truths behind their legend, in contrast to the romanticized version of events often presented by Hollywood.