Overview
Shot All to Hell by Mark Lee Gardner recounts the thrilling life of Jesse James, Frank James, the Younger brothers, and the most famous bank robbery of all time. Follow the Wild West’s most celebrated gang of outlaws as they step inside Northfield’s First National Bank and back out on the streets to square off with heroic citizens who risked their lives to defend justice in Minnesota. With compelling details that chronicle the two-week chase that followed—the near misses, the fateful mistakes, and the bloody final shootout on the Watonwan River, Shot All to Hell is a galloping true tale of frontier justice from the author of To Hell on a Fast Horse: The Untold Story of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett, Mark Lee Gardner.
Full Product Details
Author: Mark Lee Gardner
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: Avon Books
Edition: Large type / large print edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.30cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.540kg
ISBN: 9780062201515
ISBN 10: 0062201514
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 30 July 2013
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
""Rollicking. ... Equal parts violent melodrama and meticulous procedural... with enough bloody action to engage readers enthralled by tales of good versus evil."" -- New York Times Book Review ""Superb. ... Mr. Gardner earns an A+ for his research and an A++ for his writing. -- New York Journal of Books ""An elegant narrative that's as entertaining as it is historically accurate... A must-read."" -- Publishers Weekly ""Action packed...A gripping read and probably tells all there is to tell about a legendary group of psychopaths."" -- Kirkus ""[This] bullet-by-bullet account... sheds considerable light on a neglected aspect of the gang's life of crime... well done."" -- Booklist ""Rewarding. ... Gardner's re-creation of the Northfield Raid... orchestrates the often-unwieldy particulars of the event with considerable virtuosity. ... It would be hard to imagine a more thorough account."" -- Washington Post
An elegant narrative that's as entertaining as it is historically accurate... A must-read. --Publishers Weekly
Action packed...A gripping read and probably tells all there is to tell about a legendary group of psychopaths. --Kirkus [This] bullet-by-bullet account... sheds considerable light on a neglected aspect of the gang's life of crime... well done. --Booklist Rewarding. ... Gardner's re-creation of the Northfield Raid... orchestrates the often-unwieldy particulars of the event with considerable virtuosity. ... It would be hard to imagine a more thorough account. --Washington Post An elegant narrative that's as entertaining as it is historically accurate... A must-read. --Publishers Weekly Superb. ... Mr. Gardner earns an A+ for his research and an A++ for his writing.--New York Journal of Books Rollicking. ... Equal parts violent melodrama and meticulous procedural... with enough bloody action to engage readers enthralled by tales of good versus evil. --New York Times Book Review
Action packed...A gripping read and probably tells all there is to tell about a legendary group of psychopaths. --Kirkus [This] bullet-by-bullet account... sheds considerable light on a neglected aspect of the gang's life of crime... well done. --Booklist An elegant narrative that's as entertaining as it is historically accurate... A must-read. --Publishers Weekly Rollicking. ... Equal parts violent melodrama and meticulous procedural... with enough bloody action to engage readers enthralled by tales of good versus evil. --New York Times Book Review Rewarding. ... Gardner's re-creation of the Northfield Raid... orchestrates the often-unwieldy particulars of the event with considerable virtuosity. ... It would be hard to imagine a more thorough account. --Washington Post Superb. ... Mr. Gardner earns an A+ for his research and an A++ for his writing.--New York Journal of Books
Superb. ... Mr. Gardner earns an A+ for his research and an A++ for his writing.--New York Journal of Books
Author Information
Mark Lee Gardner is the author of To Hell on a Fast Horse, the story of Billy the Kid and Sheriff Pat Garrett. An authority on the American West, Gardner has appeared on PBS's American Experience, ABC's World News, the History Channel, Encore Westerns, NPR's All Things Considered, and BBC Radio. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, American Heritage, Wild West, American Cowboy, and New Mexico magazine. Gardner lives with his family in Cascade, Colorado.
