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UNINA9910790036803321 |
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Autore |
Miller Rick <1941-> |
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Titolo |
Bloody Bill Longley [[electronic resource] ] : the mythology of a gunfighter / / Rick Miller ; foreword by David Johnson |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Denton, Tex., : University of North Texas Press, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-10908-5 |
9786613109088 |
1-57441-353-8 |
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Edizione |
[2nd rev. ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (391 p.) |
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Collana |
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No. 10 in the A.C. Greene series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Outlaws - Texas |
Brigands and robbers - Texas |
Texas Biography |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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A good-hearted boy -- These desperate scoundrels and out laws -- Murdering, robbing, and ravishing -- I kept on pumping lead -- We set out in fine spirit -- A man of low instinct and habits -- The worst Indian-- Who in the hell are you? -- Desperate looking character -- Shot him dead -- Bill was still fighting -- I will not be captured -- The last of "pea time" -- Plenty of ammunition -- We want him -- The most successful outlaw -- I have killed a many man -- Same old rattling Bill -- Hanging is my favorite way of dying -- Not upon his doomed neck. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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William Preston "Bill" Longley (1851-1878), though born into a strong Christian family, turned bad during Reconstruction in Texas, much like other young boys of that time, including the deadly John Wesley Hardin. He went on a murderous rampage over the last few years of his life, shotgunning Wilson Anderson in retribution for Anderson's killing of a relative; killing George Thomas in McLennan County; and shooting William "Lou" Shroyer in a running gunfight. Longley even killed the Reverend William R. Lay while Lay was milking a cow. Once he was arrested in 1877, and subsequently sentenced to h |
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