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Author
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
An account of the raid on the small Kansas town of Coffeyville in October 1892 by the outlaw Dalton gang, whose members were stopped by the courageous actions of the town's citizens who refused to stand idly by while the criminals looted and pushed people around.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded with the coming of the railroad, cattle drives, eager miners, settlers, and various entrepreneurs passing through to populate the expanding West. Before long, Dodge City's streets were lined with saloons and brothels and its populace was thick with gunmen, horse thieves, and desperadoes of every sort. By the 1870s, Dodge City was known as the most violent...
5) The Ballad of Ben and Stella Mae: Great Plains Outlaws Who Became FBI Public Enemies Nos. 1 and 2
Author
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Language
English
Description
"Tragic tale of Topeka natives Ben Dickson (1912-1939) and Stella Mae Redenbaugh Dickson (1922-1995), Depression Era lovers/spouses on the lam from the law, accused of bank robbery and kidnapping, tabbed Public Enemies Nos. 1 and 2 by the FBI, pursued by law enforcement forces much more violent and brutal than themselves, and victimized by an FBI that inflated their notoriety, created a false account of Ben''s death to bolster the Bureau's crime-fighting...
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