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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang (edizione 2023)di Tom Clavin (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This is the story of the Dalton Gang and their members from start to finish and there is not a happy ending. The book also traces some of the earlier outlaw gangs and the members of law enforcement that try to keep them all in check. The book is effortless to read and gives a voyeurs perspective into their personal lives from inception to demise. There are many graphic photographs of the principals both alive and dead. Entertaining. ( ) A reasonably good book in the narrative style that Clavin has demonstrated in previous books. As in the other books, the main event, the botched robbery of two banks in Coffeyville KS, occupies only a small part of the book. The rest is the background of the Daltons and those associated with them, the lawmen who pursued them and what happened afterwards. Rather light however on any overall look at their times. Recommended if you like Clavin's other books. An incredibly detailed inside look into the notorious Dalton Gang and later the Doolin branch. Clavin's writing style makes this book a must read for anyone with an interest in the doings and undoings of the characters that made up these bands of miscreants that roamed the wild west of the era. How he uncovered the endless episodes is in itself pretty amazing. But his packaging of the rough and tumble shoot outs, standoffs and escapes makes the volume a real page turner. What struck me again and again is how some of these bad guys kept going and going from one venture to the other and escaping justice. But ultimately very few it seems escaped with their lives or parts of thme when the bullets flew from the other side. The legends that tracked these bandits down are also well covered and we are introduced to some very dogged and determined fellows whose courage seemingly never waived in getting their man. Just an engaging and captivating read for even the casual reader of history in the American west and curious about those notorious outlaws who made life on the edge theirs. I enjoyed this brief account of the Dalton gang's bank robbery and demise in Coffeyville, KS in the late 1800s. The writing style is very readable, and the story moved quickly once the action got going. I found some of the lead-up to the main event a bit tedious, particularly all the family history of some of the minor characters. I wondered a bit if there was not actually much known about the Dalton's beyond the robberies. I will read some of the author's other history of the Western U.S. The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang by Tom Clavin Overview: Tells the true story of four brothers and their gang who moved from horse thieves to bank and train robbers in the late 19th century. Take-aways: True crime is always popular with students. Use the story of the Dalton Gang as a reflection of the final years of the Wild West. ARC courtesy of St. Martin’s Press, an imprint of Macmillan. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
"The thrilling true story of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen heist in history, by the multiple New York Times bestselling author. The Last Outlaws is the thrilling true story of the last of the great gang of outlaws. The Dalton Gang consisted of fourbrothers and their rotating cast of accomplices who saw themselves as descended from the legendary James Gang. They soon became legends themselves, beginning their career as common horse thieves, before graduating to robbing banks and trains. On October 5, 1892, the Dalton Gang attempted the most brazen heist of that era: robbing two banks in broad daylight in Coffeyville, Kansas, simultaneously. The gang was made up of Grat, Bob and Emmett Dalton; Bill Power and Dick Broadwell. As the gang crossed the plaza to enter the two banks, the Daltons were recognized by townspeople, who raised the alarm. Citizens armed themselves with weapons from nearby hardware stores and were ready for the gang when they tried to leave the banks. The ensuing gun battle was a firefight of epic proportions. When the smoke cleared eight men were dead including Grat and Bob Dalton, Bill Power and Dick Broadwell. For the first time ever, the full story of the Dalton Gang's life of crime, culminating in this violent heist, are chronicled in detail--the final act of the Wild West, its last bloody gasp"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)978.020922History and Geography North America Western U.S. 19th Century BiographyClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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