Bloody Bill Longley : the mythology of a gunfighter / Rick Miller ; foreword by David Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Rick, 1941-

Series:

A.C. Greene series ; 10.

No. 10 in the A.C. Greene series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Outlaws--Texas--Biography.

Outlaws.

Brigands and robbers--Texas--Biography.

Brigands and robbers.

Texas--Biography.

Texas.

Longley, William Preston, 1851-.

Longley, William Preston.

Langley family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Edition:

2nd rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

William Preston "Bill" Longley (1851-1878), though born into a strong Christian family, turned bad during Reconstruction in Texas, much like other young boys of that time, including the deadly John Wesley Hardin. He went on a murderous rampage over the last few years of his life, shotgunning Wilson Anderson in retribution for Anderson's killing of a relative; killing George Thomas in McLennan County; and shooting William "Lou" Shroyer in a running gunfight. Longley even killed the Reverend William R. Lay while Lay was milking a cow. Once he was arrested in 1877, and subsequently sentenced to h

Contents:

A good-hearted boy

These desperate scoundrels and out laws

Murdering, robbing, and ravishing

I kept on pumping lead

We set out in fine spirit

A man of low instinct and habits

The worst Indian

Who in the hell are you?

Desperate looking character

Shot him dead

Bill was still fighting

I will not be captured

The last of "pea time"

Plenty of ammunition

We want him

The most successful outlaw

I have killed a many man

Same old rattling Bill

Hanging is my favorite way of dying

Not upon his doomed neck.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-10908-5

9786613109088

1-57441-353-8

OCLC:

727950582