Outlaws of the Wild West
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Outlaws of the Wild West

  1. 248 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Outlaws of the Wild West

About this book

This true crime history of the American Frontier separates fact from fiction with in-depth profiles of thirty-eight career criminals and infamous outlaw gangs.
In the years following the American Civil War, the country's western frontier was home to a prodigious number of myth-making cowboys, infamous gunslingers, saloon madams, and not always law-abiding lawmen. But the romantic mystique of these individuals and the time in which they lives is largely the product of novelists and filmmakers. In Outlaws of the Wild West, Terry Treadwell presents the real stories behind such legends as Billy the Kid, Butch Cassidy, the Dalton Brothers, and others—as well as their lesser-known but equally criminal peers.
Here are the stories of William Clark Quantrill and his Confederate Army unit, Quantrill's Raiders, who turned hit-and-run raids into a way of life; Henry Starr, the Native American career criminal who went on to play himself in the movie of his life; Ann and Josie Bassett, the sisters who defended their ranch from cattle barons with the help of Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch; and many more.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1: William Clarke Quantrill
  8. Chapter 2: Sarah Catherine Quantrill
  9. Chapter 3: The James Boys
  10. Chapter 4: Bill Doolin
  11. Chapter 5: Henry Starr
  12. Chapter 6: Belle Starr
  13. Chapter 7: The Wild Bunch
  14. Chapter 8: Thomas ‘Black Jack’ Ketchum
  15. Chapter 9: John King Fisher
  16. Chapter 10: Henry Plummer
  17. Chapter 11: Sam Bass
  18. Chapter 12: Billy the Kid
  19. Chapter 13: Jefferson ‘Soapy’ Smith
  20. Chapter 14: Crawford ‘Cherokee Bill’ Goldsby
  21. Chapter 15: Charles E. Bolton/Boles, ‘Black Bart’
  22. Chapter 16: ‘Big Nose’ George Parrott
  23. Chapter 17: The Evans Gang
  24. Chapter 18: The Rufus Buck Gang
  25. Chapter 19: Clay Allison
  26. Chapter 20: The ‘Cowboys’
  27. Chapter 21: The Dalton Brothers
  28. Chapter 22: The Female Outlaws
  29. Chapter 23: Ned Christie
  30. Chapter 24: William Longley
  31. Chapter 25: ‘Shotgun’ John Collins
  32. Chapter 26: Tiburcio Vasquez
  33. Chapter 27: Dan Bogan
  34. Chapter 28: Reuben Burrow
  35. Chapter 29: Cullen Montgomery Baker
  36. Chapter 30: Bill Posey
  37. Chapter 31: William ‘Curly Bill’ Brocius
  38. Chapter 32: John Larn
  39. Chapter 33: Isom Prentice Olive (aka Print Olive)
  40. Chapter 34: Jim ‘Deacon’ Miller
  41. Chapter 35: William ‘Billy’ Thompson
  42. Chapter 36: The Rogers Brothers
  43. Chapter 37: Ann Bassett
  44. Chapter 38: Morris ‘Railroad Bill’ Slater
  45. Conclusion
  46. Bibliography