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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827484403321

Autore

Heaton John

Titolo

Outlaw tales of Alaska : true stories of the last frontier's most infamous crooks, culprits, and cutthroats / / John Heaton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

[Place of distribution not identified] : , : Distributed by National Book Network, , [date of distribution not identified]

©2015

ISBN

1-4930-1760-8

1-4930-1068-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Outlaw Tales

Disciplina

979.8009

979.80099

Soggetti

Outlaws - Alaska - Biography

Frontier and pioneer life - Alaska

Alaska Biography Anecdotes

Alaska History Anecdotes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A TwoDot book"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Charles Hendrickson: The Blue Parka Bandit""; ""The Discoverer""; ""Fred Hardy""; ""Klutuk: “The Man from the Mountain�""; ""Ed Krause""; ""William “Slim� Birch""; ""Nellie “Black Bear� Bates and William Schermeyer""; ""Thomas Johnson: The Blueberry Kid""; ""Joe Horner, aka Frank Canton""; ""George O�Brien""; ""The Sheep Camp Vigilantes of Chilkoot Pass""; ""Jefferson Randolph “Soapy� Smith, the Dictator of Skagway""; ""Martin Severts""; ""William Dempsey""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""

Sommario/riassunto

Massacres, mayhem, and mischief fill the pages of Outlaw Tales of Alaska. Pan for gold with dry gulchers and claim jumpers. 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 Last Frontier. From Unimak Island to Fairbanks, and beyond, the Last Frontier was populated by characters



as tough and as dangerous as any in the lower forty-eight. Take the legendary Blue Parka Bandit--whose generosity earned him Robin Hood status among some, and whose flair for escapes kept folks on e