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Book Black Bart

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.

Book The Notorious Black Bart 1883

Download or read book The Notorious Black Bart 1883 written by A. E. Wasserman and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Englishman Lord Langsford is leaving California after an adventurous visit, but finds more excitement in a Dime Novel that he shares with his two fellow travelers on the train bound to New York: This is the embellished but true tale of Black Bart and Special Agent James B. Hume of Wells Fargo & Company. It's California gold country and the notorious Black Bart robs his twenty-eighth Wells Fargo Stagecoach. The stage driver shoves down the heavy cash box then whips his team into a gallop away from the gunslinger. When the outlaw dismounts his horse to gather up his loot, a rattler slinks onto the road and bites him through his boot. He shoots off its head, but his horse bolts, leaving him snake bit and on foot. The gold from the local mines is heavy. He must carry the bounty out of the Sierra Mountains or die trying. Special Agent James B. Hume of Wells Fargo & Company, a friend of Lord Langsford, has been after Black Bart for eight years. Now for the first time, Hume has some of the outlaw's possessions. He has to use his wits, but the gunslinger has nearly a week's head start. Can Hume catch the outlaw once and for all? Or will Black Bart escape to terrorize again?

Book Black Bart Roberts

    Book Details:
  • Author : Terry Breverton
  • Publisher : Pelican Publishing
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9781589802339
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Black Bart Roberts written by Terry Breverton and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exploits of the last and most renowned pirate. Legends of John Roberts' exploits abound, including his notable mention in Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, Treasure Island. Known for his fastidiousness and opulent dress, the pirate who came to be known as "Black Bart" was among the most successful of his profession.

Book The Capture of Black Bart

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.

Book Shotguns and Stagecoaches

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Boessenecker
  • Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
  • Release : 2018-10-30
  • ISBN : 1250184908
  • Pages : 390 pages

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.

Book Black Bart  Bartholomew Roberts

Download or read book Black Bart Bartholomew Roberts written by John Bankston and published by Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yo-ho-ho! Join our terror on the high seas as stories of famous pirates from around the world are retold in this fast-moving series for kids in grades 3 through 6; each book includes an analysis page in each chapter that helps the kids understand what is real and what might have been fictionalized over time; Each book provides a concluding chapter that recounts for the kids whether the pirate is more legend or mostly truth.The story of Blackbeard is undeniably a thrilling one that is best classified as a mystery. But one might also call many parts of it a fantasy. We know, of course, that Edward Teach--or Edward Thatch--was a real person. But much of what we think we know about his alter ego, Blackbeard, is almost certainly fiction. Could a headless body actually swim around a ship three times? Science tells us this is preposterous.But many gray areas exist between the simple fact that Blackbeard was an actual person and the absurd idea that he was superhuman. Was he indeed a murderer or just very good at making people think that he was a merciless killer? At least some reputable sources are convinced that he wasn't just acting ruthlessly. National Geographic calls Blackbeard "the worst and perhaps the cruelest pirate of them all."These books correlate well to common core standards that ask students to read stories and literature, as well as more complex texts that provide facts and background knowledge in areas such as science and social studies. Students will be challenged and asked questions that push them to refer back to what they've read. This stresses critical-thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills that are required for success in college, career, and life.

Book Black Bart  Daring Pirate of the Atlantic

Download or read book Black Bart Daring Pirate of the Atlantic written by Jessica Gunderson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2024 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his three years as a pirate, Bartholomew Roberts--aka Black Bart--ruled the Atlantic Ocean. He plundered more than 400 ships in three years, making him one of the most successful captains of piracy's golden age. Learn how Roberts went from a humble farmer to Black Bart, daring pirate of the Atlantic, in this graphic novel filled with danger, deceit, and high-seas adventure.

Book The Adventures of Pirate and Black Bart

Download or read book The Adventures of Pirate and Black Bart written by Breanna Cone and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two fun loving dogs escape the confines of their backyard to discover the world is a scary place and that home is the best place to be.

Book The Adventures of Black Bart  An Encounter with Regret

Download or read book The Adventures of Black Bart An Encounter with Regret written by David C. Atchison and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-07-16 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bart is determined to rid the neighborhood of a new menace named Regret before someone gets hurt. However, when a cat killing guard dog gets loose in the neighborhood, it's Regret to the rescue.

Book The Adventures of Black Bart  The Lone Stranger

Download or read book The Adventures of Black Bart The Lone Stranger written by David Atchison and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bart becomes a mentor to three young kittens struggling to grow up in a neigborhood where adventure and danger lurk just beyond the front door.

Book Black Bart   An Account of Captain Bartholomew Roberts the Pirate    With Plates  Including Reproductions and Maps

Download or read book Black Bart An Account of Captain Bartholomew Roberts the Pirate With Plates Including Reproductions and Maps written by Stanley Richards (B.Sc.) and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Black Bart  The Search Is Over

Download or read book Black Bart The Search Is Over written by Wiley Joiner and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Black Bart  Daring Pirate of the Atlantic

Download or read book Black Bart Daring Pirate of the Atlantic written by Jessica Gunderson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2024 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his three years as a pirate, Bartholomew Roberts--aka Black Bart--ruled the Atlantic Ocean. He plundered more than 400 ships in three years, making him one of the most successful captains of piracy's golden age. Learn how Roberts went from a humble farmer to Black Bart, daring pirate of the Atlantic, in this graphic novel filled with danger, deceit, and high-seas adventure.

Book The Ballad of Black Bart

    Book Details:
  • Author : Loren D. Estleman
  • Publisher : Forge Books
  • Release : 2017-11-14
  • ISBN : 0765383535
  • Pages : 238 pages

Download or read book The Ballad of Black Bart written by Loren D. Estleman and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depicts the suspenseful Old West rivalry between a legendary Wells Fargo chief of detectives and a notorious stagecoach robber who between heists poses as an upper-class San Francisco gentleman.

Book BART

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael C. Healy
  • Publisher : Heyday.ORIM
  • Release : 2013-01-01
  • ISBN : 1597143812
  • Pages : 426 pages

Download or read book BART written by Michael C. Healy and published by Heyday.ORIM. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider’s “indispensible” behind-the-scenes history of the transit system of San Francisco and surrounding counties (Houston Chronicle). In the first-ever history book about BART, longtime agency spokesman Michael C. Healy gives an insider’s account of the rapid transit system’s inception, hard-won approval, construction, and operations, warts and all. With a master storyteller’s wit and sharp attention to detail, Healy recreates the politically fraught venture to bring a new kind of public transit to the West Coast. What emerges is a sense of the individuals who made (and make) BART happen. From tales of staying up until 3:00 a.m. with BART pioneers Bill Stokes and Jack Everson to hear the election results for the rapid transit vote to stories of weathering scandals, strikes, and growing pains, this look behind the scenes of an iconic, seemingly monolithic structure reveals people at their most human—and determined to change the status quo. “The Metro. The T. The Tube. The world's most famous subway systems are known by simple monikers, and San Francisco's BART belongs in that class. Michael C. Healy delivers a tour-de-force telling of its roots, hard-fought approval, and challenging construction that will delight fans of American urban history.”—Doug Most, author of The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway

Book Black Bart

    Book Details:
  • Author : O. Henry Mace
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1992
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 17 pages

Download or read book Black Bart written by O. Henry Mace and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Black Bart Says Draw

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bill Amend
  • Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • Release : 1991-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780836218695
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Black Bart Says Draw written by Bill Amend and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the Fox family and their typical suburban life. If by typical life you somehow meant iguanas, math jokes, World of Warcraft references, and one-up-manship in the sibling prank department.