A Dynasty of Western Outlaws
1961
First Published
3.92
Average Rating
384
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The organized gangs of robbers and killers who roamed the Midwest and Southwest from the 1860s to the 1930s went to the same school and were succored by each other's notoriety. So Paul I. Wellman makes a case for "the contagious nature of crime." William Quantrill and his guerrillas established a criminal tradition that was to link the James, Dalton, Doolin, Jennings, and Cook gangs; Belle and Henry Starr; Pretty Boy Floyd; and others in "a long and crooked train of unbroken personal connections."
Avg Rating
3.92
Number of Ratings
53
5 STARS
28%
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3 STARS
32%
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Author
Paul I. Wellman
Author · 10 books
Paul Iselin Wellman, newspaperman, writer of popular history, novelist and screenwriter, is best known for his books set in the Great Plains of the United States and Kansas. In addition to his books several Hollywood movies, Cheyenne, The Walls of Jericho, Jubal, Apache, The Comancheros, and The Iron Mistress are based on his novels. Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul\_Wel... http://www.washburn.edu/reference/cks...
