wyszukanych pozycji: 13
When Law Was in the Holster: The Frontier Life of Bob Paul
ISBN: 9780806142852 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. One of the great lawmen of the Old West, Bob Paul (1830 1901) cast a giant shadow across the frontiers of California and Arizona Territory for nearly fifty years. Today he is remembered mainly for his friendship with Wyatt Earp and his involvement in the stirring events surrounding the famous 1881 gunfight near the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. This long-overdue biography fills crucial gaps in Paul s story and recounts a life of almost constant adventure.
As told by veteran western historian John Boessenecker, this story is more than just a western shoot- em-up, and it reveals Paul to... One of the great lawmen of the Old West, Bob Paul (1830 1901) cast a giant shadow across the frontiers of California and Arizona Territory for nearly ...
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284,79 zł |
Lawman: Life and Times of Harry Morse, 1835-1912, the
ISBN: 9780806190877 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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138,97 zł |
Bandido: The Life and Times of Tiburcio Vasquez
ISBN: 9780806146812 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 471 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Tiburcio Vasquez is, next to Joaquin Murrieta, America's most infamous Hispanic bandit. After he was hanged as a murderer in 1875, the Chicago Tribune called him "the most noted desperado of modern times." Yet questions about him still linger. Why did he become a bandido? Why did so many Hispanics protect him and his band? Was he a common thief and heartless killer who got what he deserved, or was he a Mexican American Robin Hood who suffered at the hands of a racist government? In this engrossing biography, John Boessenecker provides definitive answers. Bandido pulls back the... Tiburcio Vasquez is, next to Joaquin Murrieta, America's most infamous Hispanic bandit. After he was hanged as a murderer in 1875, the Chicago Trib... |
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160,71 zł |
Gentleman Bandit: The True Story of Black Bart, the Old West's Most Infamous Stagecoach Robber
ISBN: 9781335449429 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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145,83 zł |
When Law Was in the Holster: The Frontier Life of Bob Paul
ISBN: 9780806161938 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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160,71 zł |
Lawman: Life and Times of Harry Morse, 1835-1912, the
ISBN: 9780806130118 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Harry Morse - gunfighter, manhunter, sleuth - was among the West's most famous lawmen. Elected sheriff of Alameda County, California, in 1864, he went on to become San Francisco's foremost private detective. His career spanned five decades. In this biography, John Boessenecker brings Morse's now-forgotten story to light, chronicling not only the lawman's remarkable adventures but also the turbulent times in which he lived. Armed only with raw courage and a Colt revolver, Morse squared off against a small army of desperadoes and beat them at their own game. He shot to death the notorious...
Harry Morse - gunfighter, manhunter, sleuth - was among the West's most famous lawmen. Elected sheriff of Alameda County, California, in 1864, he went...
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222,60 zł |
Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde
ISBN: 9781250131591 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The New York Times Best Seller -Frank Hamer, last of the old breed of Texas Rangers, has not fared well in history or popular culture. John Boessenecker now restores this incredible Ranger to his proper place alongside such fabled lawmen as Wyatt Earp and Eliot Ness. Here is a grand adventure story, told with grace and authority by a master historian of American law enforcement. Frank Hamer can rest easy as readers will finally learn the truth behind his amazing career, spanning the end of the Wild West through the bloody days of the gangsters.- The New York Times Best Seller -Frank Hamer, last of the old breed of Texas Rangers, has not fared well in history or popular ... |
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97,21 zł |
Badge and Buckshot: Lawlessness in Old California
ISBN: 9780806125107 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Badge and Buckshot is a comprehensive book at many of the once-famous peace officers and outlaws of Old California. Told here for the first time are the true stories of Ben Thorn, the iron-willed but scandal-plagued sheriff of Calaveras County; John C. Boggs, the fast-shooting nemesis of the Tom Bell and Rattlesnake Dick gangs; Ben and Dudley Johnson, the notorious "Tulare Twins"; Kid Thompson, whose train-robbing exploits took place just blocks from present-day Los Angeles film and television studios; and Coates-Frost feud, California's bloodiest vendetta, which endured more than twenty...
Badge and Buckshot is a comprehensive book at many of the once-famous peace officers and outlaws of Old California. Told here for the first time are t...
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142,14 zł |
Shotguns and Stagecoaches: The Brave Men Who Rode for Wells Fargo in the Wild West
ISBN: 9781250184894 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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88,41 zł |
Ride the Devil's Herd: Wyatt Earp's Epic Battle Against the West's Biggest Outlaw Gang
ISBN: 9781335150004 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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83,95 zł |
Wildcat: The Untold Story of Pearl Hart, the Wild West's Most Notorious Woman Bandit
ISBN: 9781335449405 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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97,21 zł |
Murder & Mayhem in the Napa Valley
ISBN: 9781540206817 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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141,41 zł |
Murder and Mayhem in the Napa Valley
ISBN: 9781609495442 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The picturesque vineyards of California's Napa Valley, one of the world's premier tourist destinations, disguise a tangled history of lawlessness, depravity and frontier justice. Some crimes were committed over debts, some for retribution and others in the name of love. Famed photographer Eadweard Muybridge killed a man for seducing his wife but was acquitted. Other criminals were not so lucky and met the gallows, like murderer William Roe, the state's final public execution. From the Pomo massacre--the first criminal case heard by the California Supreme Court--to the cold cases that continue...
The picturesque vineyards of California's Napa Valley, one of the world's premier tourist destinations, disguise a tangled history of lawlessness, dep...
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97,21 zł |