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Perilous Trails, Dangerous Men: Early California Stagecoach Robbers and Their Desperate Careers 1856-1900
Artikel-Nr:
9781884995248
Veröffentl:
2001
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.10.2001
Seiten:
272
Autor:
William B. Secrest
Gewicht:
445 g
Format:
228x152x19 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Punctuated by gunshots and posse hoofbeats, these true tales, many told for the first time, illustrate, in both words and rare photographs, perilous trails and dangerous men from a time gone forever. Profiling men such as stagecoach robber Shorty Harris, who just wanted to buy a restaurant with his loot and find some peace, and Black Bart, the most famous stagecoach robber ever, who robbed 28 stages in eight years and between robberies led the life of a society gentleman in San Francisco, this collection illustrates a desperate breed of fascinating characters who added their stories to the legends of the Old West.