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Shotguns and stagecoaches : the brave men who rode for Wells Fargo in the Wild West / John Boessenecker.
Lippincott Library HE5903.W5 B64 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boessenecker, John, 1953- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wells, Fargo & Company--Employees--Biography.
- Wells, Fargo & Company.
- Stagecoaches--West (U.S.)--History.
- Stagecoaches.
- Coaching (Transportation)--West (U.S.)--History.
- Coaching (Transportation).
- Stagecoach robberies--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
- Stagecoach robberies.
- History.
- Employees.
- West (U.S.)--Biography.
- West (U.S.).
- West United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Wells, Fargo & Company--Employees--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 348 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Brave men who rode for Wells Fargo in the Wild West
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books ; St. Martin's Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- Collects the true tales of the employees who guarded Wells Fargo stagecoaches and trains in the ninteenth century West, detailing stories of thieves, highwaymen, and robbers armed with explosives.
- Contents:
- Part 1. The Gold Rush era
- Wells Fargo's pioneer messenger: Pilsbury "Chips" Hodgkins
- The first Wells Fargo detective: Henry Johnson
- From first stage driver to shotgun messenger: Henry C. Ward
- Twelve-gauge justice: Daniel C. Gay
- Part 2. The stage robbery era
- From Pony Express to Wells Fargo: "Shotgun Jimmy" Brown
- The rifleman: Steve Venard
- A shotgun messenger in old Montana: John X. Beidler
- "Honest, faithful & brave": Eugene Blair
- Chief Special Officer: James B. Hume
- Riverman, expressman: Andy Hall
- The man who captured Black Bart: Harry N. Morse
- True grit: Mike Tovey
- Vigilante vengeance: Buck Montgomery
- Double-barreled death: Billy Hendricks
- Part 3. The train robbery era
- "I ain't afraid of any man": Aaron Y. Ross
- Train robbers' nemesis: John N. Thacker
- "Die, damn you!": J. Ernest Smith
- Shotguns and dynamite: Charles F. Charles
- "Send a coffin and a doctor": Jeff Milton
- Fighting wages: David Trousdale
- Epilogue: A legacy squandered.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781250184887
- 1250184886
- 9781432857509
- 1432857509
- OCLC:
- 1016978447
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