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Overview"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.""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard Maxwell Brown , Paul I. Wellman, Jr.Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: Bison Books Dimensions: Width: 13.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9780803297098ISBN 10: 0803297092 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 01 April 1986 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsFor the squeamish, this book is not bedtime reading. . . . Yet it is less morbid, better documented, and more interpretively written than earlier galleries of western outlaws. Mr. Wellman tries to leave out the myths. . . . The outcome is a book of historical value in a field that too long has been left to legend and folklore. --Wayne Gard, New York Times Book Review --Wayne Gard New York Times Book Review For the squeamish, this book is not bedtime reading. . . . Yet it is less morbid, better documented, and more interpretively written than earlier galleries of western outlaws. Mr. Wellman tries to leave out the myths. . . . The outcome is a book of historical value in a field that too long has been left to legend and folklore. -- Wayne Gard New York Times Book Review Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |