Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Colorado History

by Perry, Phyllis

• ISBN13: 9780762727056
• ISBN10: 0762727055
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-01
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

A delightfully wicked look at the badly behaved characters who have shaped the Centennial State Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Colorado Historyfeatures fifteen short biographies of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary if misunderstood thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes from the history of the Centennial State. From Lord Dunraven's egregious land grab to Colonel Chivington's heinous massacre at Sand Creek, Colorado has been a hotbed of bad behavior throughout its long and colorful history. Who could forget the tales of noted cannibal Alferd Packer and the antics of Ann Bassett and the rest of the Wild Bunch? The villainous, the misguided, and the misunderstood all get their due in this entertaining yet informing book on the history of some of the Centennial State's most fascinating characters.

Author Biography

Phyllis J. Perry is the author of several books, including It Happened in Rocky Mountain National Park (TwoDot) and A Kid’s Look at Colorado. She is a longtime resident of Boulder, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. iv
John C. Frémont and Bill Williams	p. 1
Colonel John M. Chivington	p. 15
Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin	p. 31
Griffith Evans	p. 43
Alferd Packer	p. 53
Doc Holliday and Bat Masterson	p. 69
John Gillis Mills, Sheriff Charles Royer and Undersheriff William Redman	p. 81
Silver King Horace A. W. Tabor	p. 91
Soapy Smith	p. 105
Queen Ann Bassett	p. 117
Tom Horn	p. 129
Jennie Rogers and Mattie Silks	p. 141
Adjutant General Chase and Lieutenant Karl Linderfeldt	p. 153
Benjamin Franklin Stapleton	p. 167
John Galen Locke	p. 181
Governor Clarence Morley	p. 191
Captain Louis Scherf	p. 200
Bibliography	p. 213
Index	p. 220
About the Author	p. 226
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