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Life and Adventures of Sam Bass, The Notorious Union Pacific and Texas Train Robber: together with A Graphic Account of His Capture and Death--Sketch of the Members of His Band, With Thrilling Pen Pictures of Their Many Bold and Desperate Deeds, and the Capture and Death of Collins, Berry, Barnes, and Arkansas Johnson

Life and Adventures of Sam Bass, The Notorious Union Pacific and Texas Train Robber: together with A Graphic Account of His Capture and Death--Sketch of the Members of His Band, With Thrilling Pen Pictures of Their Many Bold and Desperate Deeds, and the Capture and Death of Collins, Berry, Barnes, and Arkansas Johnson
Description:

This book is a biographical sketch of Sam Bass with an emphasis on his time as a train robber.

Creator: Unknown
Location:
Creation Date: 1878
Partner(s):
University of North Texas Libraries
Collection(s):
Texas History Collection
Creator:
Unknown
Publisher Info:
Place of Publication: Dallas, Texas
Original Creation Date: 1878
Coverage:
Place
United States - Texas
Era
The Texas Frontier, 1846-1861
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1876
New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
From 1851 to 1878
Description:

This book is a biographical sketch of Sam Bass with an emphasis on his time as a train robber.

Note:

"Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1873, by W. L. Hall & Company, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington."

Physical Description:

89 p. ; 23 cm.

Language: English
Subject(s):
Keyword(s): Collins, Joel | Berry, James | Davis, Jack | Nixon | Jackson, Frank | Barnes, Seaborn | Underwood, Henry | Arkansas Johnson | train robbers | gangs
Partner:
University of North Texas Libraries
Collection:
Texas History Collection
Identifier:
  • CALL-NO: 921 B294d
  • OCLC: 2626249 |
  • ARK: ark:/67531/metapth46828
Resource Type: Book
Format: Text

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