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Desperate men : the James Gang and the Wild Bunch / James D. Horan ; introduction to the Bison books edition by Jim Dullenty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horan, James D. (James David), 1914-1981.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Outlaws--West (U.S.)--History.
- Outlaws.
- James, Frank, 1844-1915.
- James, Frank.
- James, Jesse, 1847-1882.
- James, Jesse.
- Cassidy, Butch, 1866-.
- Cassidy, Butch.
- Pinkerton's National Detective Agency.
- History.
- West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890.
- West (U.S.).
- West (U.S.)--History--1890-1945.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 391 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Revised and enlarged.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- True histories of western outlaws Jesse James and Butch Cassidy are paired in the classic Desperate Men. James D. Horan, the first researcher to be granted access to the long-sealed files of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, is able to show in graphic and unsentimental detail the bloody desperation of the James-Younger gang and the Wild Bunch.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in 1949. Reprinted from the revised and enlarged 1962 edition by Doubleday and Company, Inc., New York"--T.p. verso.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 080327307X
- OCLC:
- 37220910
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