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With Blood In Their Eyes
Thomas Cobb
University of Arizona Press
September 2012
On Sale: September 13, 2012
224 pages ISBN: 0816521107 EAN: 9780816521104 Hardcover
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Historical
On February 10, 1918, John Power woke to the sound of bells
and horses’ hooves. He was sharing a cabin near the family
mine with his brother Tom and their father Jeff; hired man
Tom Sisson was also nearby. Then gunfire erupted, and so
began the day when the Power brothers engaged the Graham
County Sheriff’s Department in the bloodiest shootout in
Arizona history. Now Thomas Cobb, author of Crazy
Heart and Shavetail, has taken up the story in
this powerful and meticulously researched nonfiction novel.
What seems at first a simple tale of crime and pursuit takes
on much greater meaning and complexity as the story traces
the past lives of the main characters and interconnects
them—all leading back to the deadly confrontation that
begins the book. Cobb cunningly weaves the story of the
Power brothers’ escape with flashbacks of the boys’ father’s
life and his struggle to make a living ranching, logging,
and mining in the West around the turn of the century.
Deftly drawn characters and cleverly concealed motivations
work seamlessly to blend a compelling family history with a
desperate story of the brothers as they attempt to
escape. Grappling with themes of loyalty, masculinity,
technology, and honor, this sweeping saga reveals the
passion and brutality of frontier life in Arizona a hundred
years ago. Richly authentic and beautifully written, With
Blood in Their Eyes breathes dramatic new life into this
nearly forgotten episode of the American West.
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