The life story of an oldtime American Robin Hood traces the criminal career of Bill Miner--a train robber who stole but never killed, and whose charisma charmed even his victims.
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The life story of an oldtime American Robin Hood traces the criminal career of Bill Miner--a train robber who stole but never killed, and whose charisma charmed even his victims.
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Good in Very Good jacket. A Good copy in light gray cloth, in a Very Good dust jacket a bit sun-faded at the spine (with no tears or chips). Tanning/foxing at the outer edges of the text block, clean/unmarked within, and not ex-library.
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Used: Acceptable. Size: 22.4 x 15 x 3 cm; Condition good, hardback with dust jacket ref ZKVQ. Of all the outlaws in the Old West-and there were many hundreds of them-Bill Miner, the last of the old-time bandits, came closest to matching the polularity of England's Robin Hood. Jesse James, Billy the Kid and John Wesley Hardin may have been better known, but none could command the reverence accorded Bill Miner by people in every walk of life, from businessmen to housewives. He had a magnetism like no other. Active for more than four decades, Miner began his criminal career in California in the 1860s and ended it in Georgia in 1911. He stole horses and robbed stagecoaches, and when railroad tracks replaced stage roads, he robbed trains. He was caught and imprisoned only to be released or escape and to rob again. He considered his victims to be corporations rather than people, and he did not consider it wrong to rob, for instance, the Canadian Pacific Railway, which he said had plenty of money and robbed the public. In this book, Mark Dugan and John Boessenecker trace Miner's life from Onondaga, Michigan, to Milledgeville, Georgia, where he died in prison in 1913. They reveal his character and his unusual ability to charm men and women alike, even his victims. He carried weapons but did not kill; he always worked with an accomplice or two or sometimes three, usually younger men; and the authors contend that he is the only proven homosexual outlaw the West has known.
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Like New in Like New jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Published by University of Oklahoma Press, 1992. Octavo. Gray cloth boards stamped in black with gray endpapers. Signed and inscribed by half title page. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new. A fine copy of this biography of Bill Miner. 260 pages. ISBN: 9780806124353. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
