03336nam 2200613 450 991082748440332120151005070342.01-4930-1760-81-4930-1068-9(CKB)3710000000410704(EBL)2044389(OCoLC)908671457(SSID)ssj0001539445(PQKBManifestationID)11841454(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001539445(PQKBWorkID)11532998(PQKB)11169174(MiAaPQ)EBC2044389(EXLCZ)99371000000041070420150521h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOutlaw tales of Alaska true stories of the last frontier's most infamous crooks, culprits, and cutthroats /John Heaton2nd ed.Guilford, Connecticut ;Helena, Montana :TwoDot,2015.[Place of distribution not identified] :Distributed by National Book Network,[date of distribution not identified]©20151 online resource (233 p.)Outlaw Tales"A TwoDot book"--T.p. verso.Print version: Heaton, John. Outlaw tales of Alaska : true stories of the last frontier's most infamous crooks, culprits, and cutthroats. Guilford, Connecticut ; Helena, Montana : TwoDot, c2015 Second edition. ix, 219 pages 9781493010684 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Charles Hendrickson: The Blue Parka Bandit""; ""The Discoverer""; ""Fred Hardy""; ""Klutuk: “The Man from the Mountainâ€?""; ""Ed Krause""; ""William “Slimâ€? Birch""; ""Nellie “Black Bearâ€? Bates and William Schermeyer""; ""Thomas Johnson: The Blueberry Kid""; ""Joe Horner, aka Frank Canton""; ""George Oâ€?Brien""; ""The Sheep Camp Vigilantes of Chilkoot Pass""; ""Jefferson Randolph “Soapyâ€? Smith, the Dictator of Skagway""; ""Martin Severts""; ""William Dempsey""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""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 eOutlaw TalesOutlawsAlaskaBiographyAnecdotesFrontier and pioneer lifeAlaskaAnecdotesAlaskaBiographyAnecdotesAlaskaHistoryAnecdotesOutlawsBiographyFrontier and pioneer life979.8009979.80099Heaton John131864MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827484403321Outlaw tales of Alaska4117340UNINA