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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826243403321

Autore

Hallwas John E

Titolo

Dime novel desperadoes : the notorious Maxwell brothers / / John E. Hallwas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2008

ISBN

1-283-16885-5

9786613168856

0-252-09375-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (445 p.)

Disciplina

977.3/0410922

B

Soggetti

Outlaws - Illinois

Outlaws - Wisconsin

Brothers - Illinois

Brothers - Wisconsin

Illinois Biography

Wisconsin Biography

Illinois History 19th century

Wisconsin History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-379) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 --



Index -- Illustrations follow page 108 and 218 -- Illustrations follow page 108 and 218.