Cowboys de Hollywood
Tom
Mix
fue una de las grandes estrellas de aquel viejo Hollywood de la década del 20.
Aunque mucho de lo que se dijo de él es mentira la vida de Tom Mix sí fue una continua aventura. En el video de abajo se
cuenta la vida de Tom, y en la
pequeña biografía se aclaran algunas cosas: furlough,
Rough Riders
He grew up in
nearby DuBois, Pennsylvania, where his father, a stable master for a wealthy
lumber merchant, taught him to ride and love horses.
In April 1898,
during the Spanish–American War, he enlisted in the Army under the name Thomas E. (Edwin) Mix. His unit never
went overseas, and Mix later failed
to return for duty after an extended furlough (absenteeism,
break) when he married Grace I. Allin on July 18, 1902. Mix was listed as AWOL
on November 4, 1902, but was never court-martialed nor apparently even
discharged.
In 1905, Mix rode in President Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade with a group of 50
horsemen led by Seth Bullock, which
included several former Rough Riders.
Years later, Hollywood publicists would muddle this event to imply that Mix had been a Rough Rider himself.
