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Bandit heaven [large print] : the hole-in-the-wall gangs and the final chapter of the Wild West / Tom Clavin.

Clavin, Tom, 1954- (author).

Summary:

"Robbers Roost, Brown's Hole, and Hole in the Wall were three hideouts that collectively were known to outlaws as 'Bandit Heaven.' During the 1880s and '90s these remote locations in Wyoming and Utah harbored hundreds of train and bank robbers, horse and cattle thieves, the occasional killer, and anyone else with a price on his head. Clavin's Bandit Heaven is the ... story of these tumultuous times and the colorful characters who rode the Outlaw Trail through the frigid mountain passes and throat-parching deserts that connected the three hideouts--well-guarded enclaves no sensible lawman would enter. There are the 'star' residents like gregarious Butch Cassidy and hismostly silent sidekick the Sundance Kid, and an array of ... supporting players like the cold-blooded Kid Curry, the gang leader, and 'Black Jack' Ketchum (who had the dubious distinction of being decapitated during a hanging), among others"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781420519594
ISBN: 142051959X
Physical Description: 469 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Edition: Large print edition
Publisher: [Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, [2024]
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue -- Act I: Heaven on earth. Mavericks -- Brown's Hole -- Hole-in-the-Wall -- "A perfect smashup" -- The invasion -- Robbers roost -- Act II: Leader of the pack. The Mormon Parkers -- The grifters -- The bank robber -- Cassidy convicted -- Companions in crime -- The other "Kid" -- "Wild" women -- The Idaho job -- Act III: The lawman trail. Days of the open range -- A Pinkerton op -- Died in his arms -- "Killing men is my specialty" -- A red-letter day -- Go directly to jail -- Off to war? -- A mile west of Wilcox -- Act IV: Fall from heaven. Red flags -- Death at the farmhouse -- The future is now -- "Godforsaken desert country" -- "A cool devil" -- The Fort Worth photo -- Dead serious -- "Legitimate warfare" -- One after another -- End of the trail -- Epilogue.