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Autore |
Hallwas John E |
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Titolo |
Dime novel desperadoes : the notorious Maxwell brothers / / John E. Hallwas |
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Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2008 |
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1-283-16885-5 |
9786613168856 |
0-252-09375-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (445 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Outlaws - Illinois |
Outlaws - Wisconsin |
Brothers - Illinois |
Brothers - Wisconsin |
Illinois Biography |
Wisconsin Biography |
Illinois History 19th century |
Wisconsin History 19th century |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-379) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1. The Maxwell Family Moves West -- 2. The Maxwells in Troubled Fulton County -- 3. The Maxwells in McDonough County -- 4. Law and Order, and Prison Life -- 5. The Maxwell Brothers Become Outlaws -- 6. The Great Escape-and Recapture -- 7. Prison Time and Justice Issues -- 8. Lon's Struggle to Go Straight -- 9. The Wisconsin Desperadoes -- 10. The Gunfight at Durand -- 11. The Great Manhunt -- 12. Another Gunfight-and the Renewed Manhunt -- 13. Ed's Capture and Lon's Escape -- 14. The Desperado and the Public -- 15. The Lynching at Durand -- 16. The Lynching Controversy and Durand's Fate -- 17. The Mysterious Fate of Lon Maxwell -- Epilogue: The Story Life of the Maxwell Brothers -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- |
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