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Wilson Gary A. |
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Titolo |
The life and death of Kid Curry : tiger of the Wild Bunch / / Gary A. Wilson |
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Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Edizione |
[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Outlaws - West (U.S.) |
Train robberies - West (U.S.) - History |
West (U.S.) 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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Dedication; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Kentucky Beginnings; Go West, Young Man!; Introducing Powell "Pike" Landusky; The Logan - Landusky Feud; South to Wyoming's Hole-in-the-Wall; The Roberts Brothers, Wyoming Outlaws; The Outlaws' Shrinking Territory; The Train Robbers' Syndicate; Enter the Pinkertons; The Tipton Train Robbery; The Fort Worth Five; The Exeter Creek Train Robbery; Tour of the South; The Knox County Jail; The Many Trails of Harvey Logan; The Parachute-Grand Valley Train Robbery; Afterword; Bibliography; Index; A b o u t t h e A u t h o r |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Harvey ""Kid Curry"" Logan was an outlaw, gunfighter and infamous member of the Butch Cassidy gang. With more than fifteen killings attributed to him, and given his involvement in the Butch Cassidy gang, ""Kid Curry"" was as renowned a figure as you were likely to find west of the Mississippi. Short of stature yet enormous in reputation, after Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid fled for South America, Logan became the most wanted outlaw in the United States. He was finally captured--only to escape from his Tennessee prison in 1903. Until now little has been readily known about the man nickname |
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