Outlaw Tales of Kansas
Author | : Sarah Smarsh |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2010-06-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1461746167 |
A refreshing new perspective on some of the most infamous reprobates of the Midwest.
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Author | : Sarah Smarsh |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2010-06-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1461746167 |
A refreshing new perspective on some of the most infamous reprobates of the Midwest.
Author | : Sarah Smarsh |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2016-01-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1493016776 |
From Dodge City to Abilene and beyond, Kansas in its early years was one fine place for outlaws, and one of the most violent places in America’s history. Consider the exploits of Jesse James—a sociopathic killer or a Robin Hood who redistributed Union wealth? Or those of Big Nose Kate, whose true identity was much nobler than her reputation as Doc Holliday’s longtime companion. That’s not to mention the dangerous inmate who became the learned Bird Man of Kansas—a renowned canary expert whose life story became a hit film. All this and more is yours for the reading in Outlaw Tales of Kansas, which introduces fifteen of the most dramatic events, and the most daring and despicable desperados, in the history of the Sunflower State.
Author | : Erin H. Turner |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 2016-06-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1493023292 |
This collection of fifty outlaw tales includes well-knowns such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Frank and Jesse James, Belle Starr (and her dad), and Pancho Villa, along with a fair smattering of women, organized crime bosses, smugglers, and of course the usual suspects: highwaymen, bank and train robbers, cattle rustlers, snake-oil salesmen, and horse thieves. Men like Henry Brown and Burt Alvord worked on both sides of the law either at different times of their lives or simultaneously. Clever shyster Soapy Smith and murderer Martin Couk survived by their wits, while the outlaw careers of the dimwitted DeAutremont brothers and bigmouthed Diamondfield Jack were severely limited by their intellect, or lack thereof. Nearly everyone in these pages was motivated by greed, revenge, or a lethal mixture of the two. The most bloodthirsty of the bunch, such as the heartless (and, some might argue, soulless) Annie Cook and trigger-happy Augustine Chacón, surely had evil written into their very DNA.
Author | : David Dary |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
'Rollicking, adventurous, touching. Whether the reader invests only a few minutes at a time or finishes the book at one sitting, he is in for a lot of fun.' - American West'Fascinating tales set down succinctly and excitingly. There are stories of lost treasure and sudden riches, of outlaws and sheriffs, of massacres and heroics.' - Kansas City Times'A fun book. Where else but in the frontier West were such stories really lived?' - Richard Bartlett, author of Great Surveys of the American West and The New Country: A Social History of the American Frontier
Author | : Robert Barr Smith |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2013-08-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1493002589 |
Massacres, mayhem, and mischief fill the pages of Outlaw Tales of Oklahoma 2, with compelling legends of the Sooner State's most despicable desperadoes. Ride with horse thieves and cattle rustlers, duck the bullets of murderers, plot strategies with con artists, and hiss at lawmen turned outlaws.
Author | : Richard Young |
Publisher | : august house |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780874831955 |
Presents a collection of folklore, tall tales, and myths surrounding such characters as Belle Starr, Frank and Jesse James, and Wild Bill Hickok
Author | : Brad Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003-04 |
Genre | : Criminals |
ISBN | : 9780970672551 |
Author | : Robert Barr Smith |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2013-08-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1493002570 |
Massacres, mayhem, and mischief fill the pages of Outlaw Tales of Oklahoma 2, with compelling legends of the Sooner State's most despicable desperadoes. Ride with horse thieves and cattle rustlers, duck the bullets of murderers, plot strategies with con artists, and hiss at lawmen turned outlaws.
Author | : Diana Lambdin Meyer |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2017-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1493028413 |
Kansas Myths and Legends explores unusual events, unsolved crimes, and legends in Kansas’s history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in Texas history. The more than a dozen stories answer questions such as: Is it possible that a family of four living on the Kansas prairie got away with serial murder for more than three years and escaped to another part of the country to continue their killing spree? Are there still remnants of a late widow’s fortune buried throughout her property? Is the well-marked grave of Buffalo Bill Cody indeed his final resting place, or did some loyal friends surreptitiously remove him from Colorado and fulfill his last wish to be buried near his namesake town? From rumors of the Dalton gang’s buried treasures to the disappearance of an entire town, Kansas Myths and Legends makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the state's most fascinating and compelling stories.
Author | : Sean Mclachlan |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 2014-10-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1493015516 |
True stories of the Show Me state’s most infamous crooks, culprits, and cutthroats.