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Tragedy at Southern Oregon Tunnel 13 : DeAutremonts hold up the Southern Pacific /

Title
Tragedy at Southern Oregon Tunnel 13 : DeAutremonts hold up the Southern Pacific / Scott Mangold.
Author
Mangold, Scott.
Publication
Charleston ; London : The History Press, 2013.

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Description
207 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
Summary
  • "An account of the events surrounding the DeAutremonts' 1923 robbery of the Southern Pacific at Tunnel 13 in Southern Oregon"--
  • "The DeAutremont brothers were looking for a big score. They brought dynamite, guns and a getaway car. On October 11, 1923, at the summit of the Siskiyou Mountains in southern Oregon, the three young men held up a passenger train, with disastrous consequences. Their rash actions resulted in the tragic deaths of three Southern Pacific trainmen and one U.S. Mail clerk, unleashing a public outcry that still rings through Oregon's history. In this riveting account, rail historian Scott Mangold draws on interviews, in-depth research and previously unpublished maps and photographs to document the events at Tunnel 13. Join Mangold as he chronicles the resulting four-year manhunt and eventual conviction of the DeAutremonts and provides insight into the lives derailed by the robbery's bitter legacy"--
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Brigands and robbers > Oregon > History > 20th century
  • Brigands and robbers
  • DeAutremont, Hugh
  • DeAutremont, Ray
  • DeAutremont, Roy
  • Oregon
  • Railroads > Oregon > History > 20th century
  • Railroads
  • Southern Pacific Company > History > 20th century
  • Southern Pacific Company
  • TRANSPORTATION > History
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index.
ISBN
  • 9781626193468
  • 1626193460
LCCN
2013040245
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library