Oklahombres
Title | Oklahombres PDF eBook |
Author | Evett Dumas Nix |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 1993-04-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780803283664 |
Gangs of outlaws were overrunning Oklahoma Territory when E. D. Nix was appointed U.S. marshal in 1893. His memoir evokes a time and place that brought criminals and merchants and cowpunchers and settlers together, often explosively. Oklahombres, originally published in 1929, is an authentic history of human wildness. In these pages the Dalton brothers are shown in full career, as well as the Doolin gang, Bitter Creek Newcomb, Henry Starr, Cattle Annie, Rolla Kapp, Dick Yeager, the Jennings boys, and a large cast of cattle thieves, counterfeiters, and whiskey peddlers. Lawmen are no less memorable than the lawless: Bill Tilghman, Chris Madsen, and Heck Thomas are among the deputies who help Nix in his cleaning-up campaign. Adding to the richness of this account of early days in Oklahoma Territory are such personages as Judge Isaac Parker, Rose of Cimarron, and Chief Bacon Rind of the Osage Indians. Nix himself emerges as a public official of great integrity. Because of his adherence to a code of honor, he could later say that during his administration "not a single man was killed who was not a notorious lawbreaker." Perhaps his proudest moment came when he fired the gun that sent homesteaders rushing into the Cherokee Strip on September 16, 1893. That scene, described with cinematic vividness, is one of many high points in Oklahombres.
Oklahoma Heroes
Title | Oklahoma Heroes PDF eBook |
Author | Ron Owens |
Publisher | Turner Publishing Company |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781563115714 |
Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters
Title | Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters PDF eBook |
Author | Bill O'Neal |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780806123356 |
Sifting factual information from among the lies, legends, and tall tales, the lives and battles of gunfighters on both sides of the law are presented in a who's who of the violent West
100 Oklahoma Outlaws, Gangsters & Lawmen
Title | 100 Oklahoma Outlaws, Gangsters & Lawmen PDF eBook |
Author | Laurence Yadon |
Publisher | Pelican Publishing |
Pages | 402 |
Release | 2010-09-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1455600040 |
The only thing wilder than Oklahoma in the late nineteenth century are the tales that continue to surround it. In the days of the Wild West, Oklahoma was teeming with assassins, guerillas, hijackers, kidnappers, gangs, and misfits of every size and shape imaginable. Featuring such legendary characters as Billy the Kid, Bonnie and Clyde, Machine Gun Kelly, Belle Starr, and Pretty Boy Floyd, this book combines recorded fact with romanticized legend, allowing the reader to decide how much to believe. Violent and out of control, the figures covered in 100 Oklahoma Outlaws, Gangsters, and Lawmen often left behind numerous victims, grisly accounts, and unforgettable stories. Included are criminals like James Deacon Miller, the devout Methodist and hired assassin. Righteous and devious, he often avoided the gallows by convincing others to admit to his murders. Rufus Buck, a man of Native American descent, targeted white settlers. His crimes against them became so heinous as to cause the Creek nation to take up arms against him. The answer to criminals such as these came in the form of Hanging Judge Parker and other officers of the law. Although they were greatly outnumbered, they provided some balance to the chaos. This historical compilation covers every memorable outlaw and lawman who passed through Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Justice
Title | Oklahoma Justice PDF eBook |
Author | Ron Owens |
Publisher | Turner Publishing Company |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781563112805 |
Reveals the inside story of the Oklahoma City Police from 1889-1995.
Life and Death of Pretty Boy Floyd
Title | Life and Death of Pretty Boy Floyd PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffery S. King |
Publisher | Kent State University Press |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780873386500 |
Charles Arthur Floyd, aka Pretty Boy Floyd (1904-1934), was one of the last so-called Robin Hood outlaws. He engaged in numerous bank-robbing exploits across the Midwest until federal agents and local police shot him down near East Liverpool, Ohio, on October 22, 1934. This detailed account of his life, crimes and death makes extensive use of FBI reports, government records, local newspapers and contemporary journalistic accounts.
The Cowgirls
Title | The Cowgirls PDF eBook |
Author | Joyce Gibson Roach |
Publisher | University of North Texas Press |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Cowgirls |
ISBN | 0929398157 |
Updated and revised (first edition, 1977) history of the women of the West, telling of their contributions and describing how they broke convention by ranching, trail-driving, and rodeoing. Extensive bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR