About the Author
Born in Casa Grande, David Grassé is a third-generation Arizonian, raised in Tucson. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in History and a Master’s Degree in Library Sciences. He resides in Payson and is employed as a Librarian in that burg. Grassé has two published books thus far, A Killer is What They Needed: The True, Untold Story of Commodore Perry Owens and The Bisbee Massacre: Robbery, Murder and Retribution in the Arizona Territory, 1883–1884. He is also the author of several journal, magazine, and newspaper articles. His current projects are The History of Train Robbery in the Arizona Territory 1887 – 1910 and a biography of Augustine Chacón. Grassé is a member of Western Writers of America and The Arizona Historical Society.
ANNOUNCED: From the Footlights to the Tenderloin: The Tragic Life of Edna Loftus by David Grassé
Will be available in June 2024
“The historian’s task is not to disrupt for the sake of it, but it is to tell what is almost always an uncomfortable story and explain why the discomfort is part of the truth we need to live well and live properly. A well-organized society is one in which we know the truth about ourselves collectively, not one in which we tell pleasant lies about ourselves.”
- Tony Judt
Upcoming Events
Thu, Jan 20Safford LibraryJan 20, 2022, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PMSafford Library, 808 S 7th Ave, Safford, AZ 85546, USAJan 20, 2022, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PMSafford Library, 808 S 7th Ave, Safford, AZ 85546, USAAuthor David Grassé will be giving a talk about the legend of the Arizona outlaw Augustine Chacón. The author will have his books for sale at the event. Presented by The Safford Friends of the Library. This is a free event.
Mon, Sep 20PaysonSep 20, 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:00 PMPayson, 328 N McLane Rd, Payson, AZ 85541, USA
"Go and Get Your Gun"
The Story of Holbrook's Bucket of Blood Saloon published in
The Tombstone Epitaph May 2020
"Breakout at Yuma" The Story of the Gates Uprising" published in The Joural of the Wild West History Association, December 2021
"Hands Up!' The Tale of the Woodson Brothers... published in The Tombstone Epitaph in May 2019
Excursions and Milestones
People, places, and incidentals.
