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Dime novel desperadoes : the notorious Maxwell brothers /

This thrilling historical true crime narrative recovers the long-forgotten story of Ed and Lon Maxwell, outlaw brothers from Illinois who once rivaled Jesse and Frank James in national notoriety. Growing up hard as the sons of a tenant farmer, the Maxwell brothers embarked on a life of crime that ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hallwas, John E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2008]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Prologue
  • 1. The Maxwell Family Moves West
  • 2. The Maxwells in Troubled Fulton County
  • 3. The Maxwells in McDonough County
  • 4. Law and Order, and Prison Life
  • 5. The Maxwell Brothers Become Outlaws
  • 6. The Great Escapeâ€?and Recapture
  • 7. Prison Time and Justice Issues
  • 8. Lon's Struggle to Go Straight
  • 9. The Wisconsin Desperadoes
  • 10. The Gunfight at Durand
  • 11. The Great Manhunt
  • 12. Another Gunfightâ€?and the Renewed Manhunt
  • 13. Ed's Capture and Lon's Escape
  • 14. The Desperado and the Public15. The Lynching at Durand
  • 16. The Lynching Controversy and Durand's Fate
  • 17. The Mysterious Fate of Lon Maxwell
  • Epilogue: The Story Life of the Maxwell Brothers
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Illustrations follow page 108 and 218