Outlaw Tales of Alaska : True Stories of the Last Frontier's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, and Cutthroats

by Heaton, John

• ISBN13: 9780762753260
• ISBN10: 0762753269
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-06
• Publisher: TwoDot

Summary

Fans of shoot-'em-up books and movie Westerns, as well as history buffs, will enjoy these short biographies about the baddest of the bad villains and desperadoes on the Alaskan frontier. Massacres, mayhem, and mischief fill the pages ofOutlaw Tales of Alaska. Readers will find themselves panning for gold with dry gulchers and claim jumpers, ducking the bullets of murderers, plotting strategies with con artists, and hissing at lawmen-turned-outlaws. A refreshing new perspective on some of the most infamous reprobates of the Last Frontier, this book also includes historic, black-and-white photos.

Author Biography

John W. Heaton is assistant professor of history at the University of Alaska–Fairbanks. He is the author of The Shoshone Bannocks: Culture and Commerce at Fort Hall, 1870–1940. He lives in Fairbanks.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Charles Hendrickson: The Blue Parka Bandit	p. 1
The Discoverer	p. 19
Fred Hardy	p. 34
"The Man from the Mountain"	p. 46
Ed Krause	p. 61
William "Slim" Birch	p. 76
Nellie "Black Bear" Bates and William Schermeyer	p. 89
Thomas Johnson: The Blueberry Kid	p. 108
Joe Horner, aka Frank Canton	p. 121
George O'Brien	p. 141
The Sheep Camp Vigilantes of ChilkootPass	p. 153
Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith, the Dictator of Skagway	p. 170
Bibliography	p. 188
Index	p. 192
About the Author	p. 198
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