The Great American Outlaw A Legacy of Fact and Fiction
| Author/creator | Prassel, Frank R. Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Norman : University of Oklahoma Press |
| Description | 432 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Summary | Annotation Throughout American history, larger-than-life brigands appear in every period and every region. In The Great American Outlaw, Frank Richard Prassel explores the concept of outlawry from Robin Hood, Dick Turpin, and Blackbeard through Jean Lafitte, Pancho Villa, and Billy the Kid to more modern personalities such as Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger, and D. B. Cooper. Often, because we hunger for simple justice, we romanticize them to the point of being unable to separate fact from fiction. Prassel covers the folklore as well as the facts, making it clear how these bandits, pirates, highwaymen, desperadoes, rebels, hoodlums, gangsters, and fugitives -- who stand tall in myth -- wither in the light of truth, but flourish in the movies. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 93014675 |
| ISBN | 9780806128429 |
| ISBN | 0806128429 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780806128429 |
| Stock number | 00027344 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |