Download or read book When Outlaws Wore Badges written by Melody Groves and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Winner of the 2021 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards (History, Other)** Lawman or Outlaw? At times, the black-hatted “villains” and white-hatted “good guys” of the Old West were one and the same. Often it was difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish who was who. Sheriff Wyatt Earp stole horses and ran brothels. Albuquerque’s first town marshal, Milton Yarberry, was accused of murder and subsequently “jerked to Jesus.” Burt Alvord, town marshal of Willcox, Arizona, and friends, robbed a train. Alvord then deputized these same friends into a posse to apprehend the robbers. It came as no surprise when his posse came up empty handed. Justice Hoodoo Brown and Deputy JJ Webb ruled Las Vegas as leaders of the Dodge City Gang until they were run out of town by citizens fed up with their type of justice. “Mysterious” Dave Mather and even two of the Dalton Gang spent time behind a badge, as well as behind bars. When Outlaws Wore Badges explores the double lives of outlaw lawmen through some of the West’s most memorable frontier characters.
Download or read book Outlaws with Badges written by Laurence J. Yadon and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Old West, upright lawmen were scarce. Often, the men who were bound to keep the peace were just as corrupt as the men they pursued. These dishonest deputies chose their professions based on convenience rather than conviction, and the most revered were often the wiliest. These men held grudges, ruled with violence, and instilled fear in all who crossed their paths. Offered here is an untainted perspective of these outlaws that discerns fact from myth. Legends such as Wyatt Earp and renegade lawman Dirty Dave Rudabaugh are presented as real men with quirks and weaknesses. The authors deconstruct not only the Dalton's last stand in Coffeyville, Kansas, and the gunfight at the OK Corral-among other famous heists-but also the triumphs and flaws of their organizers. The Old West's former outlaws turned good, former lawmen gone bad, and honorable citizens who moonlighted as robbers and rustlers are presented in these pages. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Laurence J. Yadon is an attorney, mediator, and arbitrator who presents on various legal subjects, Oklahoma history, and crime history. He has assisted the Department of Justice in litigation matters before his local United States district court and has successfully argued before the United States Supreme Court. He is the co-author of Pelican's 100 Oklahoma Outlaws, Gangsters, and Lawmen: 1839-1939; 200 Texas Outlaws and Lawmen: 1835-1935; Ten Deadly Texans; Old West Swindlers; and Arizona Gunfighters. Yadon resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Robert Barr Smith is a History Channel commentator and the author of more than thirty articles and five books on the American Old West. He has edited several titles, including Pelican's 100 Oklahoma Outlaws, Gangsters, and Lawmen: 1839-1939; 200 Texas Outlaws and Lawmen: 1835-1935; Ten Deadly Texans; and Arizona Gunfighters, and he co-authored Old West Swindlers, also published by Pelican. A retired colonel, Smith served more than twenty years in the Judge Advocate General's Corps and earned the Bronze Star and the Legion of Merit while serving in the United States Army. He is a former deputy attorney general of California and a retired professor of the University of Oklahoma College of Law. He lives in Norman, Oklahoma. Dirty Dave Rudabaugh � Hoodoo Brown and Company � Henry Newtown Brown � John Larn � Bob and Grat Dalton � Wyatt Earp � King Fisher � Ben Thompson � Henry Plummer � Joseph Alfred Slade � Doc Middleton � Frank M. Canton
Download or read book The Outlaw Badge written by Michael J. Bryant and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003-02 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Outlaw Badge portrays a very wild era in American history. Because of the Civil War, the US Army was unable to supply enough troops to safely control the new territories opening up for settlement in the West. Buffalo Soldiers were sent out to try to prevent the many Indian raids on farms and towns. These soldiers were also there to man the many forts and territorial prisons, enforcing the law on what was often a lawless land. I've put a lot of research into this book, in order to make the setting as realistic as possible. When compared with actual events of the times, the Outlaw Badge doesn't seem very fictional! The year is 1865, and when the Civil War comes to an end, Indian conflicts will explode across the West... ~Michael J. Bryant, author, The Outlaw Badge
Download or read book With Badges Bullets written by Richard W. Etulain and published by Chicago Review Press - Fulcrum. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Those profiled here -- from Wyatt Earp and Billy the Kid to Belle Starr and Doc Holliday -- remain larger than life.
Download or read book The Badge written by Bruce W. Durbin and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-04-12 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a matter of fact that during the late 1800's, in the American Old West, that the line between good and bad was blurred. Many notorious outlaws became respected Peace Officers, while many lawmen succumbed to temptation, becoming notorious outlaws. The BADGE wasn't what distinguished between good and bad...it was the man. Alexandra, while attending the prestigious woman's college, Vassar, is notified that her father, the Sheriff of a small Western town, has been brutally murdered by the notorious outlaw Joking Jacque Linder, who has set upon a murderous crusade to take badges from the lawmen he has killed, posting them above the bar, in a town which he controls. Alexandra leaves the safety and comfort of New York and heads West, intent upon finding Linder and...retrieving her father's badge.
Download or read book Outlaw Badge written by Michael J. Bryant and published by . This book was released on 2024-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlaw Badge is an adventurous and intriguing story with danger around nearly every corner. Mixed with real historical events, the old west is brought back to life. This tale begins in 1865 with a stagecoach robbery. The United States was growing fast and with the Civil War coming to a close, the western territories opened up for settlers. But along with this growth and expansion of the country also came gun slingers, outlaws and Indian raiding parties.
Download or read book Badge and Buckshot written by John Boessenecker and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Badge and Buckshot is a comprehensive book at many of the once-famous peace officers and outlaws of Old California. Told here for the first time are the true stories of Ben Thorn, the iron-willed but scandal-plagued sheriff of Calaveras County; John C. Boggs, the fast-shooting nemesis of the Tom Bell and Rattlesnake Dick gangs; Ben and Dudley Johnson, the notorious “Tulare Twins”; Kid Thompson, whose train-robbing exploits took place just blocks from present-day Los Angeles film and television studios; and Coates-Frost feud, California’s bloodiest vendetta, which endured more than twenty years and left fourteen men dead. Here, too, are the first complete accounts of Captain Ingram’s Rangers, the band of Confederate guerrillas who raided stagecoaches in California during the Civil War; Steve Venard, the soft-spoken lawman who killed three outlaws in a single gunfight; and the legendary Bill Miner, whose career of banditry spanned almost half a century. The product of more than ten years of painstaking research, Badge and Buckshot recounts one of the forgotten sagas of the Old West, an action-packed tale of shoot-outs, stage holdups, manhunts, and lynchings. At the same time, through extensive use of pioneer newspaper files, court records, and previously unpublished illustrations, it shatters old myths and demonstrates the overall effectiveness of the criminal justice system in Old California. For authentic Americana, Badge and Buckshot is not to be missed.
Download or read book Outlaws Against the Law Badge written by Zachary STRONG and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Outlaw Badge V written by Michael J Bryant and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sailing ships with all their masts and sails were quickly disappearing in the 1800's. They were being replaced by the new steamships for traveling by sea, carrying mail and passengers. The old wooden hulls were soon replaced with iron for more strength and durability. Many steamships of the day either had side or rear paddlewheels for propulsion while others were beginning to use steam driven props. Along with the development of passenger travel by sea, many of the steamships featured grand saloons, elegant heavy wooden furniture and beautiful cabins. For those who could afford it, there were private cabins and specialty accommodations on the upper decks. The steamships accommodated passengers on long and short cruises, providing many things for the passenger's enjoyment including fine food, drinking and gambling. Because of two lawmen's curiosity and interest in a poker game on a very fine luxurious steamship, Marshal Michael Creek and his deputy find themselves in a situation where they can get paid to enjoy a cruise. But it soon becomes apparent that it could also cost them their lives.
Download or read book Outlaw Badge IV written by Michael J Bryant and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carson City Nevada was just getting over a very violent time in its history and the town was slowly rebuilding itself. Residents were trying to move on after all the outlaws and gang shootings, burning down of buildings and a slew of senseless murders. With another problem quickly rising it appeared to be a slew of new crime waves developing. But why? Could there be a new range-war developing? Springtime 1869
Download or read book Outlaw Badge 3 written by Michael J. Bryant and published by . This book was released on 2007-06-20 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the final weeks of the winter of 1868, Carson City Nevada finds itself without any lawmen. When the town's brothel is shot up and people are robbed and slaughtered by vengeful outlaws, they must rely on Marshal Creek to uphold the law until they can elect a sheriff. Elsewhere in town a fight breaks out over the ownership of the town's most popular saloon and several people begin turning up with their throats slashed. This sneaky murderer may prove next to impossible to catch. The city once thought to be settling down suddenly breaks out into kaios and lawlessness. Outlaw Badge III will keep you on the edge of your seat with excitement and drama on every page. Adding a bit of romance, this story comes alive and makes you feel as if you are a part of the old west. There are many new characters introduced in this book as well.
Download or read book The Outlaw s Badge written by Jim Morrell and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Outlaws Badge is a fictional western set in the late eighteen hundreds in New Mexico. It tells the story of Steve Wilson, who has spent most of his adult life as an outlaw. After robbing a small bank and with a posse hot on his trail, Steve admits to himself he needs, and wants, to change his life. He rides into the town of Ship Rock, New Mexico, which is in desperate need of a new marshal. Steve gets the job and meets and falls in love with Donna. Steve knows they cant start their lives together living a lie and struggles with when and how he can tell Donna the truth of his past. All the while Steve is fighting to try to keep peace in a town he grows to love, but is rapidly getting the reputation of violence and lawlessness.
Download or read book Wacos Badge Lib written by J. T. Edson and published by Topeka Bindery. This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To stop vicious outlaws from running free, a rancher must form a new Arizona State Police force and convince two tough, honest, and lightning-fast Texas gunhands to wear the badge.
Download or read book Outlaw Badge II written by Michael J. Bryant and published by . This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Outlaw Badge II is an adventurous and intriguing story of the old west, mixed with real historical events to bring the old west back to life. These times were some of the wildest eras in American history where the six shooter was the only law in most of the territories. While General George Armstrong Custer was training his troops in the winter of 1868 for a winter campaign against the Indians, the President of the United States was being impeached. Learn real American western history facts along with the adventures of the fictional characters who take you back into time with gun fights, lots of action, and a touch of romance. Two outlaws in the mean time, Nevada Mike, (who was portraying Marshal Michael Creek at the time), and Robert Younger left Carson City to cross the dangerous Sierra Nevada Mountains during a snow storm. Believing that their work was finished in Nevada, they head to California where they aren't wanted by the law. But the love of a woman would soon draw them back into harms way. Prior to leaving Carson City, Marshal Creek was recognized as the outlaw Nevada Mike. Certain men headed out to capture him and to also collect the reward money. This starts an adventure like no other. While conflicts continued between the states over the Civil War, and the Congress and the President not seeing eye to eye, and with the cavalry preparing to wage war on the Indians, times were very hard in the territories. Along with the Civil War ending, and Indian wars on the rise, outlaws and gun fighters waged war with each other as well as with the lawmen. Bank and train robberies were on the rise, and the year 1868 would be remembered as a history making year. Note: This is a work offiction. Except for real historical events, all characters, names, places, art work, and events portrayed in this book are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
Download or read book Waco s Badge written by John Thomas Edson and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In wide-open Arizona, outlaws run rampant, since the authority of the local marshal ends at his town's borders. A different breed of peace officer is needed, and rancher Bentram Mosehan has accepted the responsibility of organizing a new Arizona State Police force. He's looking for men who are brave, honest, and lightning fast with a six-gun--talents that a drifter named Waco and his amigo, Doc Leroy, possess in abundance. But the two young Texans remember all too well their run-ins with the Lone Star law, and the last thing Waco and Doc want is to wear a badge. But Mosehan knows these are men you need at your side when all hell breaks loose. And Waco'll be facing one tough choice once the bullets start flying in earnest: serve ... or die.
Download or read book 200 Texas Outlaws and Lawmen 1835 1935 written by Laurence Yadon and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-02-29 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively reference covering a century’s worth of shooters, sheriffs, and more in the Lone Star State. The Lone Star State is known for producing both vicious outlaws and valorous lawmen. While Machine Gun Kelly terrorized urban civilians, lawmen such as Ranger John Barclay Armstrong tried to keep things under control. This is the story of Texas’s most famous criminals, intrepid lawmen—and in the case of James Edwin Reed, both—as well as such figures as the legendary Judge Roy Bean. This reference brings to life a time before the West was tamed, and also includes a chronology of well-known crimes and a locale list of notorious events.
Download or read book 100 Oklahoma Outlaws Gangsters Lawmen written by Laurence Yadon and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only thing wilder than Oklahoma in the late nineteenth century are the tales that continue to surround it. In the days of the Wild West, Oklahoma was teeming with assassins, guerillas, hijackers, kidnappers, gangs, and misfits of every size and shape imaginable. Featuring such legendary characters as Billy the Kid, Bonnie and Clyde, Machine Gun Kelly, Belle Starr, and Pretty Boy Floyd, this book combines recorded fact with romanticized legend, allowing the reader to decide how much to believe. Violent and out of control, the figures covered in 100 Oklahoma Outlaws, Gangsters, and Lawmen often left behind numerous victims, grisly accounts, and unforgettable stories. Included are criminals like James Deacon Miller, the devout Methodist and hired assassin. Righteous and devious, he often avoided the gallows by convincing others to admit to his murders. Rufus Buck, a man of Native American descent, targeted white settlers. His crimes against them became so heinous as to cause the Creek nation to take up arms against him. The answer to criminals such as these came in the form of Hanging Judge Parker and other officers of the law. Although they were greatly outnumbered, they provided some balance to the chaos. This historical compilation covers every memorable outlaw and lawman who passed through Oklahoma.
