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Author
Publisher
62-19354
Pub. Date
1962
Language
English
Description
Gunneson City Sheriff "Doc" Cyrus Wells Shores (1844-1934)-nicknamed after the doctor who delivered him in Hicksville, Detroit in 1844-became well-known as a Colorado lawman for bringing down local criminals without parading his authority or a display of guns. Born in the village of Hicksville, about thirty miles from Detroit, Michigan, "Doc" Shores moved to Montana as a young man via a steamer and paid passage by hunting game along the route. Prospecting...
9) Six-guns and saddle leather : a bibliography of books and pamphlets on Western outlaws and gunmen
Author
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
1969
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws is a classic for everyone interested in history and what is was like in the Old West. Get swept back to a time when sheriffs did their best to keep order in a lawless land. Read about the likes of Tom Horn, the "Apache Kid", "Bucky" O'Neill, Tom Nickson, and many more!
Author
Series
Western frontier library volume 26
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Language
English
Author
Publisher
61-14212
Pub. Date
1961
Language
English
Description
Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith was the slickest article that ever hit the West. He set up his tripod and suitcase on a Denver street corner in the 1880s and started his spiel. The "suckers" flocked around and got thoroughly taken. Everyone listened to Soapy and he began laying down his own brand of law, soon commanding a band of criminal characters whom he protected through his influence with politicians and policewomen on his payroll. He became...
Author
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, also known as the Sundance Kid, discussing his childhood in Pennsylvania, outlaw activities, attempts to live a crime-free life, death, and other topics; and includes photographs.
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