| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 231 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-224) and index. |
| Contents |
Jacob Waltz : An Inadvertent Cause of Death -- Johnny Ringo : The Bad-Tempered Bad Man -- Curly Bill Brocius : An Enigma of the Old West -- Ike Clanton : Lived Through OK Corral Shootout; Died Anyway -- Joe Boot : The One-Hit Robber with a Female Boss -- The Goofy, the Bad, and the Unsuccessful : Scammers and Bumblers Had Poor Success Rates -- Richard C. Flower : The Man Who Invented Spenazuma -- Charles Stanton : A Murderer but Never Convicted -- Sophia Treadway Reavis : The Baroness of Arizona -- Ernesto Miranda : Those Seven Famous Words Didn't Save Him -- Randy Greenawalt : A Killer without Remorse -- Shady Ladies : Some of Those Womenfolk Weren't Very Nice -- John Shaw : A Stiff Drink for a Stiff -- Giovanni Vigliotto : His March to the Altar Turned into a Stampede -- Andy Cooper Blevins : Rustler, Murderer, and Shootout Victim -- Augustine Chacon : Robin Hood or Murderer? -- Billy Stiles : Lawman Turned Outlaw Turned Lawman -- Bill Downing : He Should Never Have Faced That Ranger. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Summary |
Each volume in this series features approximately fifteen short biographies of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary if misunderstood thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes from the history of a given state. The villainous, the misguided, and the misunderstood all get their due in these entertaining yet informing books. |
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Arizona -- History -- Anecdotes.
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Arizona -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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Outlaws -- Arizona -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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Rogues and vagabonds -- Arizona -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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Criminals -- Arizona -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
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Electronic books.
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Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
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Biography -- Anecdotes.
(OCoLC)fst01423690
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Criminals. (OCoLC)fst00883516
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Outlaws. (OCoLC)fst01049233
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Rogues and vagabonds. (OCoLC)fst01099594
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Arizona. (OCoLC)fst01204820 |
| Added Author |
Freading.
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| Added Title |
Jerks in Arizona history |
| Related To |
Print version: Lowe, Sam. Speaking ill of the dead. Guilford, Conn. : Globe Pequot Press, c2012 9780762728152 (DLC) 2011048048 (OCoLC)756578708 |
| ISBN |
9780762783755 (electronic bk.) |
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0762783753 (electronic bk.) |
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