LEADER 03030nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910790036803321 005 20230725031422.0 010 $a1-283-10908-5 010 $a9786613109088 010 $a1-57441-353-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000092565 035 $a(EBL)689716 035 $a(OCoLC)727950582 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000521204 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11333290 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521204 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10517385 035 $a(PQKB)10152458 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC689716 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse996 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL689716 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10490712 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL310908 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000092565 100 $a20101104d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBloody Bill Longley$b[electronic resource] $ethe mythology of a gunfighter /$fRick Miller ; foreword by David Johnson 205 $a2nd rev. ed. 210 $aDenton, Tex. $cUniversity of North Texas Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (391 p.) 225 1 $aNo. 10 in the A.C. Greene series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57441-305-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA good-hearted boy -- These desperate scoundrels and out laws -- Murdering, robbing, and ravishing -- I kept on pumping lead -- We set out in fine spirit -- A man of low instinct and habits -- The worst Indian-- Who in the hell are you? -- Desperate looking character -- Shot him dead -- Bill was still fighting -- I will not be captured -- The last of "pea time" -- Plenty of ammunition -- We want him -- The most successful outlaw -- I have killed a many man -- Same old rattling Bill -- Hanging is my favorite way of dying -- Not upon his doomed neck. 330 $aWilliam Preston "Bill" Longley (1851-1878), though born into a strong Christian family, turned bad during Reconstruction in Texas, much like other young boys of that time, including the deadly John Wesley Hardin. He went on a murderous rampage over the last few years of his life, shotgunning Wilson Anderson in retribution for Anderson's killing of a relative; killing George Thomas in McLennan County; and shooting William "Lou" Shroyer in a running gunfight. Longley even killed the Reverend William R. Lay while Lay was milking a cow. Once he was arrested in 1877, and subsequently sentenced to h 410 0$aA.C. Greene series ;$v10. 606 $aOutlaws$zTexas$vBiography 606 $aBrigands and robbers$zTexas$vBiography 607 $aTexas$vBiography 615 0$aOutlaws 615 0$aBrigands and robbers 676 $a976.4/063092 676 $aB 700 $aMiller$b Rick$f1941-$01469214 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790036803321 996 $aBloody Bill Longley$93794164 997 $aUNINA