I ran across several posting about "The Ballad of Earl Durand." Happy to see that there is interest in the song. A am the author of "The Last Eleven Days of Earl Durand" (2005, High Plains Press) which was inspired by the song. Without the song there would have been no book. Most of the "facts" the song presents are wrong. The book, being far more extensive than the song, is based on 15 interviews I conducted with people who had a first-hand involvement in the events and newspaper and magazine accounts that appeared at the time. As fine and stirring as the song is, the book portrays an even more complex character in Earl Durand, and a more complicated set of events. See more at jerredmetz.com or e-mail metzjer@aol.com