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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius), 1877-1942
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota : University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
Edition:1st University of Minnesota Press ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 still worth reading nearly a century after it was written.
Physical Description:1 online resource (336 pages).
ISBN:9780816685110