A Dynasty of Western Outlaws Contributor(s): Brown, Richard Maxwell (Foreword by), Wellman, Paul I. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803297092 ISBN-13: 9780803297098 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1986 Annotation: The organized gangs of robbers and killers who roamed the Midwest and Southwest from the 1860s to the 1930s went to the same school and were succored by each other's notoriety. So Paul I. Wellman makes a case for 'the contagious nature of crime.' |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century |
Dewey: 978.02 |
LCCN: 85028899 |
Lexile Measure: 1210 |
Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.32" W x 7.97" (0.93 lbs) 384 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Plains |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The organized gangs of robbers and killers who roamed the Midwest and Southwest from the 1860s to the 1930s went to the same school and were succored by each other's notoriety. So Paul I. Wellman makes a case for "the contagious nature of crime." William Quantrill and his guerrillas established a criminal tradition that was to link the James, Dalton, Doolin, Jennings, and Cook gangs; Belle and Henry Starr; Pretty Boy Floyd; and others in "a long and crooked train of unbroken personal connections." |