{"product_id":"2940151890281","title":"The Last of the Apaches","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo North Americans and one Mexican crossed over from Argentina to Uruguay in September of 1917 with the purpose of setting up a Bank heist in the city of Salto. Salto and Paysandú were the two main river cities on the Uruguay River separating this country from Argentina to the west. The gang made Paysandú their headquarters for planning, putting together supplies, purchasing horses and whatever else was needed to carry out their plan. The golpe on the bank, carried out on Tuesday, October 16, 1917, went horribly wrong when the Bank Manager ran for his gun and was shot down in his own office.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gang got away in a red Ford Model T, but were unable to get to their waiting horses to make good their escape. They were captured after two days on the Hervidero Ranch, south of the Dayman River, and returned to Salto where a lynching crowd of thousands of young people had gathered in front of the Police Station.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Newspapers called these criminals Apaches, not for any link to the American tribe, rather because the gangs and thugs of both Argentina and Uruguay had taken the Apache name from the youth gangs of Paris who chose this title for their criminal associations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Apache gang had made a horrible mistake, they killed one of the most loved heroes in Northern Uruguay; George MacFarlane. George had started the Salto Soccer League and personally taught the young people of the Salto region how to play this \"British\" sport.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Young, historian and pastor, who has lived in South America for the past 35 years, investigated this notorious assault and its consequences in the lives of the victims and the social setting of a peaceful interior city of Uruguay. The book itself is more than just history; it is a police investigation, a Wild West tale, and a very human look into the tragic outcome in the life of a British expatriate family deeply appreciated for its contribution to the business and sporting cultures of both Argentina and Uruguay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe link to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, who had set up a ranch in Patagonia 13 years previously, is both tantalizing and just a bit tenuous; but it is a connection that Richard both studies and develops throughout the book. The Cassidy legacy is seen in the actions of this outlaw band, and they are last North American desesperados who receive the “Apache” title in the newspapers and stories of criminal activities in the Southern Cone countries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Dean Young","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076019470576,"sku":"2940151890281","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151890281_p0.jpg?v=1764018192","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151890281","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}