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The outlaws of Cave-in-Rock : historical accounts of the famous highwaymen and river pirates who operated in the pioneer days upon the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and over the Natchez Trace / Otto A. Rothert ; with a foreword by Robert A. Clark.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rothert, Otto A., 1871-1956, author.
- Series:
- Shawnee classics.
- Shawnee Classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brigands and robbers--Mississippi River Valley--History.
- Brigands and robbers.
- Brigands and robbers--Ohio River Valley--History.
- Brigands and robbers--Natchez Trace--History.
- River life--Mississippi River--History.
- River life.
- River life--Ohio River--History.
- Cave in Rock (Ill.)--History.
- Cave in Rock (Ill.).
- Mississippi River Valley--History.
- Mississippi River Valley.
- Ohio River Valley--History.
- Ohio River Valley.
- Natchez Trace--History.
- Natchez Trace.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (368 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale, Illinois ; Edwardsville, Illinois : Southern Illinois University Press, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Exceptionally rare and valued by book collectors, Otto A.Rothert's riveting saga of the outlaws and scoundrels of Cave-in-Rock chronicles the adventures of an audacious cast of river pirates and highwaymen who operated in and around the famous Ohio River cavern from 1795 through 1820 (adventures featured in Disney's Davy Crockett and the film How.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- The Purpose of this Narrative
- The Lair of the Outlaws
- Piracy and Rough Life on the River
- The Harpes- A Terrible Frontier Story
- The Harpes- Renewal of the Terror
- The Harpes- Big Harpe's Ride to Death
- The Harpes- Mysteries and Fate of Survivors
- Mason- Soldier, Pirate, Highwayman
- Mason On the Natchez Trace
- Mason-Trapped and Tried
- Mason and Harpe- Double-Cross and Double Death
- Coiners at the Cave
- The Ford's Ferry Mystery
- Paying the Penalty
- The Cave in Fiction
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Shawnee Classics: A Series of Classic Regional Reprints for the Midwest
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8093-8345-4
- 0-585-18646-4
- OCLC:
- 970629840
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