Bandit heaven : the Hole-in-the-Wall gangs and the final chapter of the Wild West

Clavin, Tom, 1954- author.

Large print edition.

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[Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024.

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469 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

large print (16 point)

"Robbers Roost, Brown's Hole, and Hole in the Wall were three hideouts that collectively were known to outlaws as 'Bandit Heaven.' During the 1880s and '90s these remote locations in Wyoming and Utah harbored hundreds of train and bank robbers, horse and cattle thieves, the occasional killer, and anyone else with a price on his head. Clavin's Bandit Heaven is the entertaining story of these tumultuous times and the colorful characters who rode the Outlaw Trail through the frigid mountain passes and throat-parching deserts that connected the three hideouts"-- Back cover.

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Hole-in-the-Wall gangs and the final chapter of the Wild West

Prologue -- Act I: Heaven on earth. Mavericks -- Brown's Hole -- Hole-in-the-Wall -- "A perfect smashup" -- The invasion -- Robbers roost -- Act II: Leader of the pack. The Mormon Parkers -- The grifters -- The bank robber -- Cassidy convicted -- Companions in crime -- The other "Kid" -- "Wild" women -- The Idaho job -- Act III: The lawman trail. Days of the open range -- A Pinkerton op -- Died in his arms -- "Killing men is my specialty" -- A red-letter day -- Go directly to jail -- Off to war? -- A mile west of Wilcox -- Act IV: Fall from heaven. Red flags -- Death at the farmhouse -- The future is now -- "Godforsaken desert country" -- "A cool devil" -- The Fort Worth photo -- Dead serious -- "Legitimate warfare" -- One after another -- End of the trail -- Epilogue.

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