Research Catalog

Title

200 Texas outlaws and lawmen, 1835-1935 / by Laurence J. Yadon, with Dan Anderson ; edited by Robert Barr Smith.

Author

Yadon, Laurence J., 1948-

Publication

Gretna, La. : Pelican Pub. Co., 2008.

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Additional Authors

• Anderson, Dan, 1950-
• Smith, Robert B. (Robert Barr), 1933-2017

Description

302 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

Beginning with Texas's declaration of independence in 1835 and stretching into the turbulent Depression era a century later, many ruthless criminals and daring deputies and rangers kicked up dust within the state's borders. Bill the Kid, Machine Gun Kelly, Bat Masterson and Belle Star were familiar faces. Other characters included Texas Jack, Rowdy Joe, Mysterious Dave, Longhair Jim, Buckskin Frank and Curly Bill. In this book, accounts of gunfights, robberies, and kidnappings follow selected profiles ...

Alternative Title

Two hundred Texas outlaws and lawmen, 1835-1935

Subject

• 1836-1950
• Outlaws > Texas > Biography
• Peace officers > Texas > Biography
• Criminals > Texas > Biography
• Frontier and pioneer life > Texas > Anecdotes
• Crime > Texas > History > Anecdotes
• Law enforcement > Texas > History > Anecdotes
• Texas > History > Republic, 1836-1846 > Biography
• Texas > History > 1846-1950 > Biography

Genre/Form

• Anecdotes
• Biographies
• History
• Anecdotes.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology of significant events -- Texas outlaw hideouts, hangouts, and locales -- Texas outlaws and lawmen -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

9781589805149 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007045195

OCLC

• 172979065
• SCSB-10810176

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library