Download The story of the outlaw PDF book: a study of the Western desperado (1907) by Emerson Hugh

IN offering this study of the American desperado, the author constitutes himself no apologist for the acts of any desperado; yet neither does he feel that apology is needed for the theme itself. The outlaw, the desperado that somewhat distinct and easily recognizable figure generally known in the West as the "bad man" is a character unique in our national history, and one whose like scarcely has been produced in any land other than this.It is not necessary to promote absurd and melodramatic impressions regarding a type properly to be called historic, and properly to be handled as such. The truth itself is thrilling enough and difficult as that frequently has been of discovery, it is the truth which has been sought herein. A thesis on the text of disregard for law might well be put to better use than to serve merely as exciting reading, fit to pass away in such historic movements as those of the "vigilantes" of California and Montana mining days, and of the later cattle days when "wars" were common between thieves and outlaws, and the representatives of law and order, themselves not always duly authenticated officers of the law.I the desperado. IIi the imitation desperado . ,14Iii the land of the desperado . . 22Iv the early outlaw ... 35V the vigilantes of california . 74Vi the outlaw of the mountains. 98Vii henry Plummer .... 105Viii Boone helm 127Ix death scenes of desperadoes. 137X joseph a. Slade . . . 145Xi the desperado of the plains. .154Xii wild bill Hickok . . . .167Xiii frontier wars . . . .187Xiv the lincoln county war .196Xv the stevens county war. 227Xvi biographies of bad men . . . 256Xvii the fight of buckshot Roberts. 284Xviii the manhunt . . . .292Xix bad men of texas 313Xx modern bad men . . . . 340Xxi bad men of the Indian nations .371Xxii desperadoes of the cities 393