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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814015003321

Autore

Griffith T. D (Tom D.), <1958->

Titolo

Outlaw tales of South Dakota : true stories of the Mount Rushmore state's most infamous crooks, culprits, and cutthroats / / T. D. Griffith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-7627-7264-6

1-4930-1744-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

Outlaw Tales

Disciplina

364.1092/2783

Soggetti

Outlaws - South Dakota - Biography

Criminals - South Dakota - Biography

Brigands and robbers - South Dakota - Biography

Frontier and pioneer life - South Dakota - Biography

Crime - South Dakota - History

South Dakota History Anecdotes

South Dakota Biography Anecdotes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments; Introduction; William Gay From Gayville to the Gallows; Chief Two Sticks The Disenchanted Rebel; Martin Couk The Curious Case of Minnie Callison's Murder; Madame Vestal The Lure of Lurline; Lame Johnny The Legend of Lost Gold; James Leighton Gilmore Blood on the Trail; Bud Stevens Acquitted of Murdering a Cattle King's Son; Charles Brown Savage Killer Swings by His Neck; Wild Bill Hickok Jack McCall Claimed the Life of a Legend; Thomas Egan Death of an Innocent; Crow Dog Killing Spotted Tail; Lee "Curly" Grimes Everyone Approved of His Demise

Helen Sieler The Woman with Ten LivesStella and Bennie Dickson South Dakota's Own Bonnie and Clyde; George Sitts Lone Man Electrocuted; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<DIV><FONT face=""Times New Roman""><DIV>Massacres, mayhem, and mischief fill the pages of <I>Outlaw Tales of South Dakota</I>.



Ride with horse thieves and cattle rustlers, stagecoach, and train robbers. Duck the bullets of murderers, plot strategies with con artists, hiss at lawmen turned outlaws. A refreshing new perspective on some of the most infamous reprobates of the Great Plains.</DIV></FONT></DIV>