Outlaws of the Wild West by Terry C Treadwell
epub | 14.99 MB | English | Isbn: 1526782375 | Author: Terry C Treadwell | Year: 2021
Description:
The 'Wild West,' or American Frontier as it is also known, developed in the years following the American Civil War. However, this period of myth-making cowboys, infamous gunslingers, not always law-abiding lawmen, and saloon madams, is as much the product of fiction writers and film makers as reality.
The outlaw came into his, or indeed her, own in the mid to late 19th century. Some of these individuals, men such as Billy the Kid, William Clarke Quantrill, Butch Cassidy or Harry Longabaugh, better known as the Sundance Kid, became household names. Many of those who roamed America's West in the period between 1850 and 1900 often appear as colorful, romanticized, legendary characters. This includes the likes of Frank and Jesse James, who had stepped outside the law due to the harshness of life after the Civil War or under circumstances beyond their control.
The majority of outlaws, though, were anonymous common criminals. In 1877, for example, the State Adjutant...
Category:19th Century History of the U.S., Native American History, History
