The Love of Loot and Women: this novel is the tale of the United State's invasion and failed attempt to "civilize" the mountain people of the Philippines. At the same time, it is a story of deep, emotional romance. The primary characters are Tony Trigg, the fight-loving second-in-command, and Esa, a member of one of the mountain tribes who will do and does anything to get and keep Tony as her mate. Although there is a substantial amount of long-range and close-up warfare and violence, the book provides a genuine insight into American arrogance and the wish of a native people to simply be left alone.
Edgar Beecher Bronson (1856-1917) was a Nebraska rancher, a West Texas cattleman, an African big-game hunter, a serious photographer and starting late in life, an author of fiction and personal memoirs.
Bronson was a nephew of famed abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher Formerly a reporter for the New York Tribune, Bronson headed west in 1877 to learn the cattle business under the directive of Clarence King first director of the United States Geological Survey and owner of large mining and cattle operations in the American West. Bronson worked for one season in Wyoming before starting his own ranch with 716 cows with calves. Bronson chose Sioux County, Nebraska for the site of his first ranch.