…and with a fascinating history. The novelist Robert Houston wrote Bisbee ‘17 (1979) on the theme of the labor struggles there. Wobblies!

I’ve never had the chance to visit Bisbee, but I do love the aura of Southwestern towns. I totally got off visiting Virginia City, knowing that Mark Twain and so many others had walked that main street…

Violent Saturday has stuck in my head despite its flaws. Heath’s novel is set in Alabama, so it must have a considerably different flavor on that basis alone.