Great Train Robberies Of The West

Author : R. Michael Wilson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1461748488
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Train Robberies of the Old West written by R. Michael Wilson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1800s trains carried the nation's wealth throughout the east, but no one thought to rob a speeding train until 1866. In 1870 the first western train was robbed in Nevada and within hours a second train was robbed. Railroads made every alteration to their cars and changed every procedure they could imagine to thwart the robbers, but to no avail. Robbing trains became epidemic over the next five decades, even when the legislatures made train robbery a capital crime. A few of the hundreds of train robberies stand out as thrilling and dangerous affairs, and the greatest of these (15-20) are included in this book.

Author : Michael Crichton
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307816443
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Train Robbery written by Michael Crichton and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes an enthralling novel about Victorian London’s most notorious gold heist. London, 1855, when lavish wealth and appalling poverty exist side by side, one mysterious man navigates both worlds with perfect ease. Edward Pierce preys on the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly orchestrates the crime of his century. Who would suspect that a gentleman of breeding could mastermind the extraordinary robbery aboard the pride of England’s industrial era, the mighty steam locomotive? Based on fact, but studded with all the suspense and style of fiction, here is a classic historical thriller, set a decade before the age of dynamite—yet nonetheless explosive…

Author : James B. Hume
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786456248
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wells, Fargo & Co. Stagecoach and Train Robberies, 1870-1884 written by James B. Hume and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-08 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 1, 1885, Wells, Fargo & Company's chief detective James B. Hume and special agent John N. Thacker published a report summarizing the company's losses during the previous 14 years. It listed 313 stagecoach robberies, 23 burglaries, and four train robberies but included little or no details of the events themselves, focusing instead on physical descriptions of the robbers. Widely circulated, the report was intended to assist law enforcement in identifying and apprehending the criminals believed still to present a danger to the company. The present volume revisits each crime, updating Hume and Thacker's original report with rich new details culled from local newspapers, personal diary entries, and court records.

Author : Eugene B. Block
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Train Robberies of the West written by Eugene B. Block and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : W. C. Jameson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493046098
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Train Robber written by W. C. Jameson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most colorful parts of American History is the time of train robberies and the daring outlaws who undertook them in the period covering from just after the Civil War to 1924. For decades, the railroads were the principal transporters of payrolls, gold and silver, bonds, and passengers who often carried large sums of money as well as valuable jewelry. For the creative outlaw, trains became an obvious target for robbery. Willis Newton has never enjoyed the recognition and fame of the better known train robbing outlaws such as Frank and Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, the Daltons, and the Doolins, but he was the most prolific and successful train robber in the history of North America. Newton stole more money from the railroads than all of the others put together. During his lifetime, Newton robbed six trains and an estimated eighty banks, pulled off the greatest train robbery ever, netting $3,000,000, yet remains virtually unknown. So unknown was he that, despite all of his success as a robber, he was rarely identified as a suspect. Following his greatest heist, Newton and his gang member, composed of his brothers, were arrested, tried, convicted, and sent to serve long terms at Leavenworth Prison. When they were granted early release for good behavior, they lost no time in returning to robbing banks. Willis Newton’s life and times as America’s greatest, and last, train robber has been gleaned and developed from extensive interviews he granted during the 1970s when he was in his eighties. In addition, newspaper reports of his numerous train and bank robberies have been obtained and researched for precise details of robberies and pursuit.

Author : W. C. Jameson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493066633
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Old West's Infamous Train Robbers and Their Historic Heists written by W. C. Jameson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-07-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What sort of person undertakes to rob a multi-ton train surging down a set of rails at high speed? For the Old West’s most famous outlaws, including Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the Dalton Gang, and Black Jack Ketchum, it was as much about the thrill of the crime as the riches to be won, thumbing their noses at the authorities, and getting away with their crimes more often than not. These men, and at least one woman, were dare devils, rule breakers, adventurers, and rebels. In addition to their train robberies, they led colorful, dramatic, and dangerous lives. The Old West's Infamous Train Robbers and Their Historic Heists profiles sixteen noted train robbers (or train robbing gangs) along with the details of each their forty-seven hold-ups. The mechanics of each of their train robberies—planning, execution, and escape—are dissected and discussed. Pertinent background information relating to each outlaw/gang is included as well as what became of them following their train-robbery days.

Author : Stan Sauerwein
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 9781554390496
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gentleman Train Robber written by Stan Sauerwein and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cunning and formidable opponent of the law, Bill Miner, a.k.a. The Grey Fox, spent half of his life behind bars and the other half planning and executing robberies to fuel his love of fancy clothes and the good life. Described as the master criminal of the west, this dashing thief carried out Canada's first train robbery in 1904.

Author : William L. Carlisle
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789126606
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bill Carlisle, Lone Bandit written by William L. Carlisle and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Carlisle was the last of the Old West’s real outlaws. But, unlike many of the other famous characters of the early days, Bill was not the gunfighter type. Bill never shot or injured anyone in his hold-ups; further, he never robbed a woman passenger. He had, like most old-time cowboys, a wholesome respect for women—all women. This story of his life reads like the dime-novel fiction of an earlier day, but every incident of his daring and gripping exploits is a matter of record throughout Wyoming and all Western states.

Author : Rick Miller
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1491717815
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rube Burrow, Desperado written by Rick Miller and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rube Burrow was a prolific train robber in the 1880s and early 1890s ranging from Texas to Arkansas to Mississippi and Alabama. He ended his career with a cold-blooded murder that triggered a major manhunt. Rick Miller through diligent research has laid out the true story from primarary resources (see 456 endnotes) correcting many errors previously written about Burrow and his cohorts.

Author : W. C. Jameson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493033379
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rocky Mountain Train Robberies written by W. C. Jameson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most colorful parts of American History is the time of train robberies and the daring outlaws who undertook them in the period covering from just after the Civil War to 1924. For decades, the railroads were the principal transporters of payrolls, gold and silver, bonds, and passengers who often carried large sums of money as well as valuable jewelry. For the creative outlaw, trains became an obvious target for robbery. The list of America’s train robbers is a veritable Who’s Who of American outlawry and includes: Frank and Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, Charles Searcy, Charles Morganfield, Sam Bass, Black Jack Ketchum, Seaborn Barnes, and others. To this cast of train robbery-related characters can be added the relentless investigations and pursuit by individuals associated with the Pinkerton Detectives, Texas Rangers, Wells Fargo detectives, railroad company detectives, as well as local and area law enforcement authorities. In addition, there are numerous tales of bravery that took place during train robberies involving heroic express car messengers, conductors, engineers, brakemen, and even passengers.