A Dynasty of Western Outlaws"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."-The New York Times Book Review |
Contents
A WORD TO THE READER | 13 |
The Bloody Chain | 17 |
Order No 11 and the Aftermath | 44 |
The Wild Riders of Missouri | 64 |
Northfieldand The Dirty Little Coward | 95 |
A Brushwood Courtesan | 130 |
To Beat Jesse James | 158 |
The Oklahoma Long Riders Take Over | 188 |
To the Bloody End | 209 |
The Hanging Judge Does His Duty | 236 |
Amateur Outlawsand the Death of a Marshal | 271 |
Automatics and Automobiles | 296 |
Public Enemy No 1 | 325 |
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