Dime Novel Desperadoes : The Notorious Maxwell Brothers /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hallwas, John E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2008]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Maxwell family.
Outlaws.
Brothers.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Freres > Wisconsin > Biographies.
Freres > Illinois > Biographies.
Hors-la-loi > Wisconsin > Biographies.
Hors-la-loi > Illinois > Biographies.
Brothers > Wisconsin > Biography.
Brothers > Illinois > Biography.
Outlaws > Wisconsin > Biography.
Outlaws > Illinois > Biography.
Wisconsin.
Illinois.
Wisconsin > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Illinois > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Wisconsin > Biographies.
Illinois > Biographies.
Wisconsin > History > 19th century.
Illinois > History > 19th century.
Wisconsin > Biography.
Illinois > Biography.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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