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PeriodicalLarge Print Book
Author Boessenecker, John, 1953- author.

Title Gentleman bandit : the true story of Black Bart, the old West's most infamous stagecoach robber / John Boessenecker.

Publication Info. Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.
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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Large Print Materials  LP 978.02 BOE    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  LP 978.02 BOESSENECKER    Check Shelf
Edition Large print edition.
Description 561 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Physical Medium large print (16 point) rdafs
Series Thorndike Press large print nonfiction
Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-557).
Contents You fine-haired sons of bitches -- The gold hunter -- The rifleman -- The charge of the light brigade -- Wounds of war -- I have had a rough life of it -- The poet highwayman -- Wells Fargo detective -- The gentleman bandit -- The chances I have to take -- Buckshot for Black Bart -- Throw down the box -- Fiasco at Funk Hill -- Black Bart throws up the sponge -- That telltale handkerchief -- A war of words -- San Quentin sojourn -- I have abandoned crime of every kind -- Black Bart rides again -- Myth and mystery.
Summary "Black Bart is regarded not only the most notorious stage robber of the Old West but also the best behaved. Over his lifetime, Black Bart held up at least twenty-nine stagecoaches with mild, polite commands. Such behavior earned him the title of a true "gentleman bandit," and his ultimate fate remains one of the greatest mysteries of the Old West. Now John Boessenecker sheds new light on Black Bart, bringing to life the story of the mysterious stage robber who doubled as a rich, genteel socialite in the golden era of the Wild West"-- Back cover.
Subject Black Bart, 1829-
Brigands and robbers -- California -- Biography.
Outlaws -- California -- Biography.
Stagecoach robberies.
Frontier and pioneer life -- California.
California -- History -- 1850-1950.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Large print books.
ISBN 9798885787444 (large print ; hardcover)
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