Bloody Bill Longley [[electronic resource] ] : the mythology of a gunfighter / / Rick Miller ; foreword by David Johnson
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Miller Rick <1941->
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| Titolo: |
Bloody Bill Longley [[electronic resource] ] : the mythology of a gunfighter / / Rick Miller ; foreword by David Johnson
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| Pubblicazione: | Denton, Tex., : University of North Texas Press, c2011 |
| Edizione: | 2nd rev. ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (391 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 976.4/063092 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Outlaws - Texas |
| Brigands and robbers - Texas | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Texas Biography |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | A 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | William 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Bloody Bill Longley |
| ISBN: | 1-283-10908-5 |
| 9786613109088 | |
| 1-57441-353-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790036803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
A.C. Greene series ; ; 10.