Download or read book Black Bart and Bandits written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Capture of Black Bart written by Norman H. Finkelstein and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Bart was not the Old West's only stagecoach robber, but he was the most famous. To many people, he was a folk hero: a robber who didn't threaten or harm passengers. He was a bandit with a sense of humor who wrote poetry. In robbing at least 28 Wells Fargo stagecoaches across Northern California between 1875 and 1883, he never fired a shot or injured anyone. His gun, it turned out, was never loaded. Newspaper stories about the poet robber's exploits and about Jim Hume, the unyielding chief detective of Wells Fargo, became popular reading throughout the West. Black Bart seemed to enjoy the chase. During one robbery the driver told him, "They'll catch you one of these days." Bart answered, "Perhaps, but in the meantime, give my regards to J. B. Hume, will you?" For eight years, each new robbery—and each new story—made Hume even more determined to track him down.
Download or read book Tales of the Early California Bandits written by John A. Henshall and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Black Bart written by George Hoeper and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Black Bart written by George Hoeper and published by RSM Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For eight years Charles E. Boles lived a double life as Charles Bolton, mine owner and San Francisco man-about-town, and as Black Bart, poetry-writing stagecoach robber.
Download or read book Black Bart written by Gail L. Fiorini-Jenner and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gentleman Bandit written by John Boessenecker and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author and award-winning historian John Boessenecker separates fact from fiction in the first new biography in decades of Black Bart, the Wild West’s most mysterious gentleman bandit. Black Bart is widely regarded today as not only the most notorious stage robber of the Old West but also the best behaved. Over his lifetime, Black Bart held up at least twenty-nine stagecoaches in California and Oregon with mild, polite commands, stealing from Wells Fargo and the US mail but never robbing a passenger. Such behavior earned him the title of a true “gentleman bandit.” His real name was Charles E. Boles, and in the public eye, Charles lived quietly as a boulevardier in San Francisco, the wealthiest and most exciting city in the American West. Boles was an educated man who traveled among respectable crowds. Because he did not drink, fight or consort with prostitutes, his true calling as America’s greatest stage robber was never suspected until his final capture in 1883. Sheriffs searched and struggled for years to find him, and newspaper editors had a field day reporting his exploits. Legends and rumors trailed his name until his mysterious death, and his ultimate fate remains one of the greatest mysteries of the Old West. Now historian John Boessenecker sheds new light on Black Bart’s beginnings, reputation and exploits, bringing to life the glittering story of the mysterious stage robber who doubled as a rich, genteel socialite in the golden era of the Wild West.
Download or read book Shotguns and Stagecoaches written by John Boessenecker and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true stories of the Wild West heroes who guarded the iconic Wells Fargo stagecoaches and trains, battling colorful thieves, vicious highwaymen, and robbers armed with explosives. The phrase "riding shotgun" was no teenage game to the men who guarded stagecoaches and trains the Western frontier. Armed with sawed-off, double-barreled shotguns and an occasional revolver, these express messengers guarded valuable cargo through lawless terrain. They were tough, fighting men who risked their lives every time they climbed into the front boot of a Concord coach. Boessenecker introduces soon-to-be iconic personalities like "Chips" Hodgkins, an express rider known for his white mule and his ability to outrace his competitors, and Henry Johnson, the first Wells Fargo detective. Their lives weren't just one shootout after another—their encounters with desperadoes were won just as often with quick wits and memorized-by-heart knowledge of the land. The highway robbers also get their due. It wouldn't be a book about the Wild West without Black Bart, the most infamous stagecoach robber of all time, and Butch Cassidy's gang, America's most legendary train robbers. Through the Gold Rush and the early days of delivery with horses and saddlebags, to the heyday of stagecoaches and huge shipments of gold, and finally the rise of the railroad and the robbers who concocted unheard-of schemes to loot trains, Wells Fargo always had courageous men to protect its treasure. Their unforgettable bravery and ingenuity make this book a thrilling read.
Download or read book Black Bart written by and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-11 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading "Here I lay me down to sleepTo wait the coming morrow, Perhaps success, perhaps defeat, And everlasting sorrow.Let come what will, I'll try it on, My condition can't be worse;And if there's money in that box'Tis money in my purse." - Black Bart Few things have captured the American imagination like the "Wild West," which still evokes images of dusty cowboys, outlaws, gunfights, gamblers, and barroom brawls over 100 years after the West was settled. A constant fixture in American pop culture, the 19th century American West continues to be vividly and colorfully portrayed not just as a place but as a state of mind. Even among late 19th century contemporaries, the growth of print journalism fed the East Coast's interest in the West, whether it was based on fantasy and non-fiction, and their works made celebrities out of individuals on both sides of the law. Thus, for every Wyatt Earp that became synonymous with gun-toting lawmen, there were outlaws like Billy the Kid and others who straddled the line, like Wild Bill Hickok. There was no shortage of targets for thieves in the West, and some infamous criminals struck dozens of times. Billy the Kid was rumored to be responsible for 21 deaths, and Jesse James was involved in holding up at least 19 banks, trains, and stagecoaches with his vicious gang, resulting in the deaths of some 20 men. The Sam Bass Gang, captained by another hot-tempered gunslinger and seasoned bandit who terrorized the Midwest, as well as the Lone Star State, carried out what is now remembered as the largest heist in the history of the Union Pacific Railroad, fleeing with $65,000 in gold coin and valuables (equivalent to approximately $1.5 million today). Few could compare to the frightening Felipe Espinosa, the Mexican-American outlaw who killed 32 men in the Colorado Territory in the summer of 1863 alone. Among the outlaws who were known for their gun skills and crimes, a criminal of an entirely different breed emerged - the gentleman bandit. Of them, the most famous is Charles E. Boles, more commonly known by his legendary sobriquet, "Black Bart." Black Bart reportedly committed at least 28 stagecoach robberies in a span of eight years, but his name never evoked fear or hatred; instead, he was widely respected and even somewhat admired in both criminal and civilian circles. He was, in many ways, unlike any other desperado the Wild West had ever seen, famed for his debonair appearance, his twisted, yet almost commendable sense of morality, and the way he pulled off his crimes, rounded out by his signature calling card, which came in the form of self-penned, poignant poems left behind at crime scenes. In many ways, later outlaws who were in a sense glamorized by the public in the early 20th century, such as Bonnie and Clyde, owed their reputations to the path Black Bart blazed over the course of his criminal career. Black Bart: The Life and Legacy of the Wild West's Most Notorious Gentleman Bandit chronicles the colorful and controversial life of one of the West's most unique outlaws. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about Black Bart like never before.
Download or read book Molly and the Bandit written by Ted Middleton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Both novelette and screenplay are included] Black Bart, the West’s premier highwayman, alias Charles Bolton, T.Z. Spaulding, and others, made at least 28 hold-up’s in eight years. Middle-aged, always on foot, and mostly with unloaded shotguns, he taunted the fabled Wells Fargo Express Company with doggerel signed Black Bart, The P o 8 (Poet). Resourceful and usually polite, he never robbed passengers. Freed from prison, he vanished. Based on a recently-found manuscript, the mystery of what happened is solved. Punster Bart, cloaked in more aliases, and malaprop Mad Molly Moon roam the Sierra Nevada’s, meeting a host of characters including Colonel Ord Vivian, henchman Tiberius Bing, murderous Ben Bubbs, and the intrepid John Muir. The year is 1888. Do enter.
Download or read book Black Bart Boulevardier Bandit written by George Hoeper and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of the Early California Bandits written by John Alfred Henshall and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lawman written by John Boessenecker and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry Morse - gunfighter, manhunter, sleuth - was among the West's most famous lawmen. Elected sheriff of Alameda County, California, in 1864, he went on to become San Francisco's foremost private detective. His career spanned five decades. In this biography, John Boessenecker brings Morse's now-forgotten story to light, chronicling not only the lawman's remarkable adventures but also the turbulent times in which he lived. Armed only with raw courage and a Colt revolver, Morse squared off against a small army of desperadoes and beat them at their own game. He shot to death the notorious bandidos Narato Ponce and Juan Soto, outgunned the vicious Narciso Bojorques, and pursued the Tiburcio Vasquez gang for two months in one of the West's longest and most tenacious manhunts. Later, Morse captured Black Bart, America's greatest stagecoach robber. Fortunately, Harry Morse loved to tell of his feats. Drawing on Morse's diaries, memoirs, and correspondence, Boessenecker weaves the lawman's colorful accounts into his narrative. Rare photographs of outlaws and lawmen and of the sites of Morse's exploits further enliven the story. A significant contribution to both western history and the history of law enforcement, Lawman is also an in-depth treatment of Hispanic crime and its causes, immigration, racial prejudice, and police brutality - issues with which California, and the nation, still grapple today.
Download or read book Bad Company written by Joseph Henry Jackson and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1977-01-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Republishes profiles of Joaquin Murieta, Tom Bell, Rattlesnake Dick, Black Bart, Dick Fellows, and Tiburcio Vasquez
Download or read book Twelve True Stories of the Mother Lode written by Louise Eddy Taber and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book California Desperadoes written by William B. Secrest and published by Quill Driver Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early outlaws tell their own raw tales of holdups, shootouts, and desperate flights from the law. Witness the cruel confessions of California bandits during the opening days of the Gold Rush, stage robbers, and California highwaymen. These tales of harrowing and sometimes hilarious antics are accompanied by many rare photographs.
Download or read book Black Bart s Resting Place In Everlasting Sleep written by Willey Joiner and published by Shalako Press. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been written to expand and clarify the author's previous offer---Black Bart the Search is Over. Thirty-three years of research finally reveals the hidden identity and assumed names used by the bandit Black Bart after leaving San Francisco and prior to his death. The author took great care in documenting his case, including photographs and copies of the death certificate and the cemetery. There will be little doubt as to Bart's assumed identity and life events..
