Massacres, mayhem, and mischief fill the pages of Outlaw Tales of Alaska. Pan for gold with dry gulchers and claim jumpers. Duck the bullets of murderers, plot strategies with con artists, hiss at lawmen turned outlaws. A refreshing new perspective on some of the most infamous reprobates of the Last Frontier. From Unimak Island to Fairbanks, and beyond, the Last Frontier was populated by characters as tough and as dangerous as any in the lower forty-eight. Take the legendary Blue Parka Bandit--whose generosity earned him Robin Hood status among some, and whose flair for escapes kept folks on edge even after his arrest. Or Fred Hardy who, in 1902, achieved the dubious distinction of being the first convicted murderer hung by the feds in the Territory of Alaska. That's not to mention "Kultuk," whose murderous exploits spread fear through the hearts of trappers in his rugged domain.
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Massacres, mayhem, and mischief fill the pages of Outlaw Tales of Alaska. Pan for gold with dry gulchers and claim jumpers. Duck the bullets of murderers, plot strategies with con artists, hiss at lawmen turned outlaws. A refreshing new perspective on some of the most infamous reprobates of the Last Frontier.
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Product details

ISBN
9781493010684
Published
2015-07-01
Edition
2. edition
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press
Weight
354 gr
Height
229 mm
Width
151 mm
Thickness
17 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
232

Biographical note

John W. Heaton is an associate professor of history at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. The author of The Shoshone Bannocks: Culture and Commerce at Fort Hall, 1870-1940, he lives in Fairbanks.