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Man-hunters of the Old West / Robert K. DeArment.

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Settlers in the frontier West were often easy prey for criminals. Policing efforts were scattered at best and often amounted to vigilante retaliation. To create a semblance of order, freelance enforcers of the law known as man-hunters undertook the search for fugitives. These pursuers have often bee...

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Main Author: DeArment, Robert K., 1925-2021 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2017-2018]
Subjects:
Bounty hunters > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Peace officers > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
West (U.S.) > Biography.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • v. [1]. James Bunyan "Jim" Hume, 1827-1904
  • David J. "Dave" Cook, 1840-1907
  • Millard F. "M. F." Leech, 1850-1904
  • John Riley "Jack" Duncan, 1850-1911
  • Walter Scott "Quick Shot" Davis, 1850-1927
  • William Henry Harrison "Lew" Llewellyn, 1850-1927
  • Perry Mallon, 1855-?
  • Charles A. "Charlie" Siringo, 1855-1928.
  • v. 2. Henry "Harry" Love, 1810-1868
  • Thomas Tate "Tom" Tobin, 1823-1904
  • Granville Stuart, 1834-1918
  • Henry Nicholson "Harry" Morse, 1835-1912
  • Bass Reeves, 1838-1910
  • Patrick Floyd Jarvis "Pat" Garrett, 1850-1908
  • John Reynolds Hughes, 1855-1947
  • James Franklin "Frank" Norfleet, 1865-1967.

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