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Into the Sunset Emmett Dalton and the End of the Dalton Gang

Shaw Ian W.
Innbundet / 2023 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780700635498
Publisert
2023-08-11
Utgiver
University Press of Kansas
Vekt
272 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, G, 06, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
256

Forfatter
Shaw Ian W.

Biografisk notat

Ian W. Shaw has published eight books of Australian and military history, including The Rag Tag Fleet: The Unknown Story of the Australian Men and Boats That Helped Win the War in the Pacific and Operation Babylift: The Incredible Story of the Inspiring Australian Women Who Rescued Hundreds of Orphans at the End of the Vietnam War.

Into the Sunset Emmett Dalton and the End of the Dalton Gang

Shaw Ian W.
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Shaw Ian W.
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Ian W. Shaw has produced a high-powered narrative biography of the notable westerner Emmett Dalton. The author clearly achieves his admirable goal of a first-rate Wild West story of this lively Old West figure. In all ways an enjoyable read." - Richard W. Etulain, author of <i>Thunder in the West: The Life and Legends of Billy the Kid</i> and <i>The Life and Legends of Calamity Jane</i><p>"While many accounts of the Dalton Gang end on the streets of Coffeyville, Ian Shaw goes much further, diving deep into the formative biography and subsequent life of Emmet Dalton, the only outlaw to survive the daring double bank robbery. The author succeeds in providing an impressive level of detail surrounding these iconic events and the people who figured in them. Shaw has written a highly readable narrative that illustrates the complex and sometimes confusing interplay between law and crime, fame and notoriety." - John Kinney, author of <i>Captain Jack and the Dalton Gang: The Life and Times of a Railroad Detective</i></p>

On October 5, 1892, the last of the major outlaw gangs of the Old West was destroyed in a gun battle in Coffeyville, a small town in southeastern Kansas. When the smoke cleared, eight men were dead and three others were seriously injured. Four of the dead were members of the notorious Dalton Gang: Dick Broadwell, Bill Powers, and two brothers, Bob and Grat Dalton. A fifth outlaw, twenty-one-year-old Emmett Dalton, was captured alive but with twenty-three bullet and buckshot wounds.

Emmett Dalton not only survived Coffeyville but prospered. After serving a fourteen-year prison term at the Kansas state penitentiary, he moved to Southern California. In a world completely foreign to him, he published two accounts of his and his brothers’ exploits (both of which were made into movies) and became a celebrity who worked with the first generation of Hollywood cowboys and one of Los Angeles’s most respected property developers.

Ian Shaw’s Into the Sunset is the remarkable story of Emmett Dalton and how he and his brothers drifted from one side of the law to the other in the frontier lands of the late nineteenth century. It is the story of shoot-’em-ups and train robberies, of the closing frontier, and of what desperate men in desperate times do to survive. Following Dalton to California, Shaw tells the story of how Emmett was able to live a life that would become the stuff of legend and achieve the level of success that was once the object of each member of the Dalton Gang.

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Tells the remarkable story of Emmett Dalton and how he and his brothers drifted from one side of the law to the other in the frontier lands of the late nineteenth century. It is the story of shoot-’em-ups and train robberies, of the closing frontier, and of what desperate men in desperate times do to survive.
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  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Youth, War, and Alcohol
  • 2. Business Success and Statewide Office
  • 3. Running for Governor
  • 4. 1963’s Political Battles: Liquor by the Drink and the Shaff Plan
  • 5. Helping the Downtrodden
  • 6. Reapportionment and Reform
  • 7. LBJ’s “Favorite Governor” and Reelection
  • 8. The Historic 1965 Iowa Legislature
  • 9. Where Angels Fear to Tread
  • 10. Vietnam, State Politics, and Aid to Alcoholics
  • 11. Third-Term Reelection
  • 12. Presidential Confrontation and State Reform
  • 13. Civil Rights, Crisis Conferences, and a Senate Candidacy
  • 14. Political Upheaval in Iowa and the Nation
  • 15. The 1968 Democratic Convention and Senate Race
  • 16. The Hughes Act and Federal Aid to Alcoholics
  • 17. Angry Dove on the National State
  • 18. Democratic Party Reformer and Presidential Candidate
  • 19. Secret Bombing over North Vietnam
  • 20. Election Defeats and Victories and a Maverick War Critic
  • 21. Leaving the Senate and Welcoming Charles Colson
  • 22. Life Past Politics—Almost
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
Les mer

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Ian W. Shaw has produced a high-powered narrative biography of the notable westerner Emmett Dalton. The author clearly achieves his admirable goal of a first-rate Wild West story of this lively Old West figure. In all ways an enjoyable read." - Richard W. Etulain, author of <i>Thunder in the West: The Life and Legends of Billy the Kid</i> and <i>The Life and Legends of Calamity Jane</i><p>"While many accounts of the Dalton Gang end on the streets of Coffeyville, Ian Shaw goes much further, diving deep into the formative biography and subsequent life of Emmet Dalton, the only outlaw to survive the daring double bank robbery. The author succeeds in providing an impressive level of detail surrounding these iconic events and the people who figured in them. Shaw has written a highly readable narrative that illustrates the complex and sometimes confusing interplay between law and crime, fame and notoriety." - John Kinney, author of <i>Captain Jack and the Dalton Gang: The Life and Times of a Railroad Detective</i></p>

On October 5, 1892, the last of the major outlaw gangs of the Old West was destroyed in a gun battle in Coffeyville, a small town in southeastern Kansas. When the smoke cleared, eight men were dead and three others were seriously injured. Four of the dead were members of the notorious Dalton Gang: Dick Broadwell, Bill Powers, and two brothers, Bob and Grat Dalton. A fifth outlaw, twenty-one-year-old Emmett Dalton, was captured alive but with twenty-three bullet and buckshot wounds.

Emmett Dalton not only survived Coffeyville but prospered. After serving a fourteen-year prison term at the Kansas state penitentiary, he moved to Southern California. In a world completely foreign to him, he published two accounts of his and his brothers’ exploits (both of which were made into movies) and became a celebrity who worked with the first generation of Hollywood cowboys and one of Los Angeles’s most respected property developers.

Ian Shaw’s Into the Sunset is the remarkable story of Emmett Dalton and how he and his brothers drifted from one side of the law to the other in the frontier lands of the late nineteenth century. It is the story of shoot-’em-ups and train robberies, of the closing frontier, and of what desperate men in desperate times do to survive. Following Dalton to California, Shaw tells the story of how Emmett was able to live a life that would become the stuff of legend and achieve the level of success that was once the object of each member of the Dalton Gang.

Les mer
Tells the remarkable story of Emmett Dalton and how he and his brothers drifted from one side of the law to the other in the frontier lands of the late nineteenth century. It is the story of shoot-’em-ups and train robberies, of the closing frontier, and of what desperate men in desperate times do to survive.
Les mer
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Youth, War, and Alcohol
  • 2. Business Success and Statewide Office
  • 3. Running for Governor
  • 4. 1963’s Political Battles: Liquor by the Drink and the Shaff Plan
  • 5. Helping the Downtrodden
  • 6. Reapportionment and Reform
  • 7. LBJ’s “Favorite Governor” and Reelection
  • 8. The Historic 1965 Iowa Legislature
  • 9. Where Angels Fear to Tread
  • 10. Vietnam, State Politics, and Aid to Alcoholics
  • 11. Third-Term Reelection
  • 12. Presidential Confrontation and State Reform
  • 13. Civil Rights, Crisis Conferences, and a Senate Candidacy
  • 14. Political Upheaval in Iowa and the Nation
  • 15. The 1968 Democratic Convention and Senate Race
  • 16. The Hughes Act and Federal Aid to Alcoholics
  • 17. Angry Dove on the National State
  • 18. Democratic Party Reformer and Presidential Candidate
  • 19. Secret Bombing over North Vietnam
  • 20. Election Defeats and Victories and a Maverick War Critic
  • 21. Leaving the Senate and Welcoming Charles Colson
  • 22. Life Past Politics—Almost
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780700635498
Publisert
2023-08-11
Utgiver
University Press of Kansas
Vekt
272 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, G, 06, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
256

Forfatter
Shaw Ian W.

Biografisk notat

Ian W. Shaw has published eight books of Australian and military history, including The Rag Tag Fleet: The Unknown Story of the Australian Men and Boats That Helped Win the War in the Pacific and Operation Babylift: The Incredible Story of the Inspiring Australian Women Who Rescued Hundreds of Orphans at the End of the Vietnam War.

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