Outlaw Tales of Oklahoma : True Stories of the Sooner State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, and Cutthroats

by Smith, Robert Barr

• ISBN13: 9780762743414
• ISBN10: 0762743417
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-15
• Publisher: TwoDot

Summary

Massacres, mayhem, and mischief fill the pages of Outlaw Tales of Oklahoma. Ride with horse thieves and cattle rustlers, stagecoach, and train robbers. Duck the bullets of murderers, plot strategies with con artists, hiss at lawmen turned outlaws. A refreshing new perspective on some of the most infamous reprobates of the Great Plains.

Author Biography

Robert Barr Smith is a law professor at the University of Oklahoma and a retired colonel, U.S. Army. He is the author of four books and nearly 100 articles of western and military history. A senior parachutist, he served in Vietnam, Germany, and all across the United States. He is a frequent lecturer on the West.

Table of Contents

Map	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Bloodbath at Goingsnake	p. 1
The Cook Gang	p. 8
Big-Mouthed Al Jennings	p. 20
The Battle of Ingalls	p. 29
The Dalton Boys	p. 38
The End of the Dalton Gang	p. 42
The Two Faces of Ned Christie	p. 53
Henry Starr	p. 64
Curtains for the Verdigris Kid	p. 78
Old Tom Starr	p. 84
Elmer McCurdy Finds a Job He Can Do	p. 91
Belle Starr	p. 99
The Buck Gang	p. 104
Al Spencer	p. 117
The Caseys and the Christians	p. 127
Outlaw Heaven	p. 136
The Undistinguished Career of Bill Dalton	p. 147
Bob Rogers	p. 158
The Martin Boys	p. 163
When George Birdwell Robbed the Wrong Bank	p. 173
Bibliography	p. 180
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