
- 288 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Follow the legendary adventures of two of the Wild West's most notorious outlaws in this historical biography.
Like their partners in crime Frank and Jesse James, the Younger Brothers have been glorified in the lore of the Wild West. Famous for their daring train and bank robberies, and immortalized in the film The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid, the Younger brothers—Cole, James, John, and Bob—came to symbolize the grit and cunning of the nineteenth century frontier. Ride the Razor's Edge chronicles their adventures while placing them in their wider historical context.
From fighting in the Civil War alongside William Quantrill and his band of guerrillas to their famous raid in Lawrence, Kansas, to their first bank robbery in Liberty, Missouri, the Youngers became heroes of the people—and foes of their state. Using family archives, personal letters, and interviews with surviving family, author Carl W. Breihan presents an authoritative and captivating story from their days with the Confederacy to Cole's and James's years in a Minnesota prison, and Cole Younger's fight to adapt to life after his pardon.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Foreword
- CHAPTER 1: A Chilling Experience
- CHAPTER 2: Compelled to Join the Outlaws
- CHAPTER 3: The First Encounter
- CHAPTER 4: Escape from Indian Creek
- CHAPTER 5: The Tragic Surprise
- CHAPTER 6: Ambush and Escape
- CHAPTER 7: The Battle of Lone Jack
- CHAPTER 8: All About George Shepherd
- CHAPTER 9: A Unique Experience
- CHAPTER 10: The Sack of Lawrence
- CHAPTER 11: Baxter Springs Massacre
- CHAPTER 12: The End of Quantrill
- CHAPTER 13: The Ordeal of John Younger
- CHAPTER 14: A Carnival of Crime
- CHAPTER 15: Omnibus Holdups
- CHAPTER 16: Beginning of the End
- CHAPTER 17: Disaster at Northfield
- CHAPTER 18: Captured
- CHAPTER 19: The Dark Road
- CHAPTER 20: A Fight for Freedom
- APPENDIX A: Quantrill's Guerrillas
- APPENDIX B: The Younger Family
- APPENDIX C: Cole Younger's Speech, given many times between 1905 and 1912