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The Wire Devils /
The Wire Devils follows a criminal gang of the same name who hijack a railroad's telegraph lines to glean information about profitable shipments. Combining elements from dime-store novels and Frank L. Packard's own experience on the rails, this is at once a hybrid western and a thriller st...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis, Minnesota :
University of Minnesota Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st University of Minnesota Press ed. |
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chapter I: The Secret Code; Chapter II: The Ten-Dollar Counterfeit Note; Chapter III: The Paymaster's Safe; Chapter IV: At Bald Creek Station; Chapter V: In Which a Cash Box Disappears; Chapter VI: Some of the Little Spiders; Chapter VII: Wanted-The Hawk-Dead or Alive; Chapter VIII: Threads in the Web; Chapter IX: The Looting of the Fast Mail; Chapter X: The Third Party; Chapter XI: The Lead Capsule; Chapter XII: Blindman's-Buff; Chapter XIII: The Man with the Scar; Chapter XIV: The Clue; Chapter XV: The Ladybird; Chapter XVI: An Even Break.
- Chapter XVII: A Hole in the WallChapter XVIII: The Hawk Packs His Valise; Chapter XIX: Birds of a Feather; Chapter XX: ""Confidential"" Correspondence.