Frans Ørsted Andersen, lecturer at Aarhus University, takes a closer look at Chris Madsen, the Funen-born Danish-American who ended up as one of the great heroes of the American Wild West. Madsen is known in particular as a US Marshal who captured the notorious Dalton and Doolin gangs.
His 67 years in the United States are well documented, but his 25 years in Denmark are far more obscure. This talk focuses on that early chapter, from his childhood in the village of Ørsted on Funen and his work as a very young drainage master in Odense, before he emigrated. It draws on Andersen's extensive research, which also fed into his 2018 biography, "Et liv på kanten".
