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Category : Brigands and robbers
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Train and Bank Robbers of the West
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brigands and robbers
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Train and Bank Robbers of the West
Author: Great Train Robberies of the Old West
Author: R. Michael WilsonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1461748488
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
During the 1800s trains carried the nation's wealth throughout the east, but no one thought to rob a speeding train until 1866. In 1870 the first western train was robbed in Nevada and within hours a second train was robbed. Railroads made every alteration to their cars and changed every procedure they could imagine to thwart the robbers, but to no avail. Robbing trains became epidemic over the next five decades, even when the legislatures made train robbery a capital crime. A few of the hundreds of train robberies stand out as thrilling and dangerous affairs, and the greatest of these (15-20) are included in this book.
Train and Bank Robbers of the West
Author: The Great Train Robbery
Author: Michael CrichtonPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307816443
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes an enthralling novel about Victorian London’s most notorious gold heist. London, 1855, when lavish wealth and appalling poverty exist side by side, one mysterious man navigates both worlds with perfect ease. Edward Pierce preys on the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly orchestrates the crime of his century. Who would suspect that a gentleman of breeding could mastermind the extraordinary robbery aboard the pride of England’s industrial era, the mighty steam locomotive? Based on fact, but studded with all the suspense and style of fiction, here is a classic historical thriller, set a decade before the age of dynamite—yet nonetheless explosive…
Train and Bank Robbers of the West
Author: The Old West's Infamous Train Robbers and Their Historic Heists
Author: W. C. JamesonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493066633
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
What sort of person undertakes to rob a multi-ton train surging down a set of rails at high speed? For the Old West’s most famous outlaws, including Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the Dalton Gang, and Black Jack Ketchum, it was as much about the thrill of the crime as the riches to be won, thumbing their noses at the authorities, and getting away with their crimes more often than not. These men, and at least one woman, were dare devils, rule breakers, adventurers, and rebels. In addition to their train robberies, they led colorful, dramatic, and dangerous lives. The Old West's Infamous Train Robbers and Their Historic Heists profiles sixteen noted train robbers (or train robbing gangs) along with the details of each their forty-seven hold-ups. The mechanics of each of their train robberies—planning, execution, and escape—are dissected and discussed. Pertinent background information relating to each outlaw/gang is included as well as what became of them following their train-robbery days.
Bill Carlisle, Lone Bandit
Author: William L. CarlislePublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1789126606
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Bill Carlisle was the last of the Old West’s real outlaws. But, unlike many of the other famous characters of the early days, Bill was not the gunfighter type. Bill never shot or injured anyone in his hold-ups; further, he never robbed a woman passenger. He had, like most old-time cowboys, a wholesome respect for women—all women. This story of his life reads like the dime-novel fiction of an earlier day, but every incident of his daring and gripping exploits is a matter of record throughout Wyoming and all Western states.
Train and Bank Robbers of the West
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Category : Brigands and robbers
Languages : en
Pages : 645
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Jesse James and the First Missouri Train Robbery
Author: Beights, Ronald H.Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781455606658
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The train robbery by the James-Younger gang in 1874 at Gads Hill, Missouri, was a big news item of the day. Americannewspapers from as far away as New York and Boston carried the story, and journalists in St. Louis, Chicago, and even European cities wrote scathing editorials about the crime. In time, the excitement subsided, but the raid at Gads Hill had a lasting effect on the lives of the James and Younger brothers. Dramatic events that occurred during the robbery, retreat, and pursuit brought the bandits world-wide attention and became the source for much of the Jesse James legend we know today. Here, told largely by trainmen, passengers, farmers, detectives, outlaws, news reporters, and others who were directly or indirectly involved with thecrime, is a true, documented account of Frank and Jesse James, the Younger brothers, and Missouri�s first train robbery. Many of the photographs included have never been published.