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Legendary Louisiana Outlaws

Author : Keagan LeJeune
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807162582
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Legendary Louisiana Outlaws written by Keagan LeJeune and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2016-03-21 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the infamous pirate Jean Laffite and the storied couple Bonnie and Clyde, to less familiar bandits like train-robber Eugene Bunch and suspected murderer Leather Britches Smith, Legendary Louisiana Outlaws explores Louisiana's most fascinating fugitives. In this entertaining volume, Keagan LeJeune draws from historical accounts and current folklore to examine the specific moments and legal climate that spawned these memorable characters. He shows how Laffite embodied Louisiana's shift from an entrenched French and Spanish legal system to an American one, and relates how the notorious groups like the West and Kimbrell Clan served as community leaders and law officers but covertly preyed on Louisiana's Neutral Strip residents until citizens took the law into their own hands. Likewise, the bootlegging Dunn brothers in Vinton, he explains, demonstrate folk justice's distinction between an acceptable criminal act (operating an illegal moonshine still) and an unacceptable one (cold-blooded murder). Recounting each outlaw's life, LeJeune also considers their motives for breaking the law as well as their attempts at evading capture. Running from authorities and trying to escape imprisonment or even death, these men and women often relied on the support of ordinary citizens, sympathetic in the face of oppressive and unfair laws. Through the lens of folk life, LeJeune's engaging narrative demonstrates how a justice system functions and changes and highlights Louisiana's particular challenges in adapting a system of law and order to work for everyone.

Branded Outlaw

Author : L. Ron Hubbard
Publisher : Galaxy Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1592126421
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book Branded Outlaw written by L. Ron Hubbard and published by Galaxy Press LLC. This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take the law into your own hands, and you risk losing your grip on everything else—including your life. Lee Weston—a young Paul Newman with a Colt revolver at his hip—is as good-looking as he is quick tempered, and he’s got a lot to be angry about. His father murdered, his family ranch torched, he goes gunning for Harvey Dodge—the man who he’s convinced is the killer—and it’s Lee who ends up on the wrong side of the law. Shot in a gunfight, on the run and running out of time, he holes up in a mountain hideout and waits for death to come find him. But he wakes up in the arms of a beautiful woman who has beat death to his door and nursed him back to life. She’s the first and only woman he has ever fallen for, and her name is Ellen Dodge—Harvey’s daughter. Can a great loss lead to a great love? Can the search for revenge lead to redemption? The answers lie in the wild heart of the Wild West—in Branded Outlaw. L. Ron Hubbard was so prolific, and his stories so much in demand, he occasionally had to publish under a pseudonym to ensure that his name wouldn’t appear twice in a single issue of a magazine. Thus did Branded Outlaw originally appear as being written by a writer named Barry Randolph. But as is clear from the action and authenticity of the story, it was Hubbard behind the curtain pulling the levers. This is one of sixteen westerns Hubbard wrote in 1938—all influenced by a foray into New Mexico to round out his research. His unsurpassed knowledge of the West originated in his years growing up—and riding on—the range. “Packs a ton of action and some priceless shootout scenes.” —EZReader.com

Branded Outlaw (Stories from the Golden Age) (English and English Edition)

Author : L. Ron Hubbard
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 145961609X
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Branded Outlaw (Stories from the Golden Age) (English and English Edition) written by L. Ron Hubbard and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Lee Weston's father writes him that an old enemy, Harvey Dodge, is back in town, Lee rides out in a hurry from Wyoming to Pecos, New Mexico only to find his father murdered and the family ranch burned to the ground. Certain that Dodge is to blame, Lee sets off to settle the score but gets into a fiery Colt showdown in the town of Pecos. Sev...

Bad Guys in American History

Author : George Cantor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493050230
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Bad Guys in American History written by George Cantor and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bad Guys in American History recounts the events related to our country's most compelling outlaws, from colonial times to the 1930s. Complete with photographs of the outlaws and their haunts, this book investigates some of American history's most infamous acts and informs readers where they happened and how to visit those sites today. Both a history book and a travel guide, Bad Guys in American History shines a revealing light on the dark side of America's past.

The Bad Guys: The 25 Most Incorrigible Imposters, Villains, and Killers Ever to Walk the Earth

Author : Sarah Dowdey
Publisher : Hyperink Inc
ISBN 13 : 1614646074
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book The Bad Guys: The 25 Most Incorrigible Imposters, Villains, and Killers Ever to Walk the Earth written by Sarah Dowdey and published by Hyperink Inc. This book was released on 2012-11-19 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deep, abiding passion for a modern-day tyrant, sociopath, or fraud might be cause for concern among the newshound's friends and family. But let the story be strange enough, and let enough time pass, and, suddenly, the subject becomes obsession-worthy: something to share at trivia night, to pore over at the library, or, as it turns out, to recommend to us. Since starting our podcast, Stuff You Missed in History Class, listeners have written in to request countless villains, tyrants, and imposters, representing all eras of history and all corners of the world. Sometimes the stories of these no-good characters turn out to be worse than imagined, like the nightmarish murders committed by the real Bluebeard, Gilles de Rais. Other times, though, the villains revealed a surprisingly human side, like the fierce female pirate Zheng Yi Sao's plans for a comfy retirement, or master thief Adam Worth's deep devotion to his family and his code. This book pulls together the exploits of these historically bad and worse-than-bad figures into one collection, arranged into chapters we thought made sense. You'll find tyrants like Caligula with conquerors like Tamerlane; the questionably bad gangster Ma Barker grouped with mastermind mobster Al Capone; and folk hero criminal D.B. Cooper paired up with the charmingly fraudulent Princess Caraboo. And if by the end you're not already losing sleep thanks to terrifying visions of the pirate Blackbeard with his beard alight, we've included some bonus content on creepy hotels and mysterious hidden passageways to kick off your next research obsession. Enjoy! -Sarah and Deblina

The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ...

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Outlaw Heroes as Liminal Figures of Film and Television

Author : Rebecca A. Umland
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476623511
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Outlaw Heroes as Liminal Figures of Film and Television written by Rebecca A. Umland and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-04-27 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike such romanticized renegades as Robin Hood and Jesse James, there is another kind of outlaw hero, one who lives between the law and his own personal code. In times of crisis, when the law proves inadequate, the liminal outlaw negotiates between the social imperatives of the community and his innate sense of right and wrong. While society requires his services, he necessarily remains apart from it in self-preservation. The modern outlaw hero of film and television is rooted in the knight errant, whose violent exploits are tempered by his solitude and devotion to a higher ideal. In Hollywood classics such as Casablanca (1942) and Shane (1953), and in early series like The Lone Ranger (1949-1957) and Have Gun--Will Travel (1957-1963), the outlaw hero reconciles for audiences the conflicting impulses of individual freedom versus serving a larger cause. Urban westerns like the Dirty Harry and Death Wish franchises, as well as iconic action figures like Rambo and Batman, testify to his enduring popularity. This book examines the liminal hero's origins in medieval romance, his survival in the mythology of the Hollywood western and his incarnations in the urban western and modern action film.

The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

PC Mag

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book PC Mag written by and published by . This book was released on 1997-07 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PCMag.com is a leading authority on technology, delivering Labs-based, independent reviews of the latest products and services. Our expert industry analysis and practical solutions help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology.

Dirty! Dirty! Dirty!

Author : Mike Edison
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1593764677
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book Dirty! Dirty! Dirty! written by Mike Edison and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wild and uncompromising history of four infamous magazines and the outlaws behind them, Dirty! Dirty! Dirty! is the first book to rip the sheet off of the sleazy myth-making machine of Hugh Hefner and Playboy, and reveal the doomed history of Hefner’s arch rival, Penthouse founder Bob Guccione, whose messiah complex and heedless spending — on a legendary flop of a movie paid for with bags of cash, a porn magazine for women, and a pie-in-the sky scheme for a portable nuclear reactor —fueled the greatest riches to rags story ever told. The adventure begins in the early 1950s and rips through the tumultuous ’60s and ’70s —when Hustler’s Larry Flynt and Screw’s Al Goldstein were arrested dozens of times, recklessly pushing the boundaries of free speech, attacking politicians, and putting unapologetic filth front and center — through the 1990s when a sexed-up culture high on the Internet finally killed the era when men looked for satisfaction in the centerfold. As America goes, so goes it’s porn. Along the way we meet many unexpected heroes—John Lennon, Lenny Bruce, Helen Gurley Brown, and the staff of Mad magazine among them—and villains—from Richard Nixon and the Moral Majority to Hugh Hefner himself, whose legacy, we learn, is built on a self-perpetuated lie.

The Historical Magazine, Or, Classical Library of Public Events

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Historical Magazine, Or, Classical Library of Public Events written by and published by . This book was released on 1792 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Celebrating 1895

Author : John Fullerton
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781864620153
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Celebrating 1895 written by John Fullerton and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes 27 of the finest papers presented at The Centenary of Cinema conference in June 1995

The Business of Literary Circles in Nineteenth-Century America

Author : D. Dowling
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230117082
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Business of Literary Circles in Nineteenth-Century America written by D. Dowling and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-01-31 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive study ranges from Irving's Knickerbockers, Emerson's Transcendentalists, and Garrison's abolitionists to the popular serial fiction writers for Robert Bonner's New York Ledger to unearth surprising convergences between such seemingly disparate circles.

A Brief History of Superheroes

Author : Brian J. Robb
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1472110706
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of Superheroes written by Brian J. Robb and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating written exploration of the superhero phenomenon, from its beginnings in the depths of Great Depression to the blockbuster movies of today. For over 90 years, superheroes have been interrogated, deconstructed, and reinvented. In this wide-ranging study, Robb looks at the diverse characters, their creators, and the ways in which their creations have been reinvented for successive generations. Inevitably, the focus is on the United States, but the context is international, including an examination of characters developed in India and Japan in reaction to the traditional American hero. Sections examine: the birth of the superhero, including Superman, in 1938; the DC family (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and The Justice Society/League of America), from the 1940s to the 1960s; the superheroes enlistment in the war effort in the 1940s and 50s; their neutering by the Comics Code; the challenge to DC from the Marvel family (The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, and The X-Men), from the 1960s to the 1980s; the superhero as complex anti-hero; superheroes deconstructed in the 1980s (The Watchmen and Frank Miller’s Batman), and their politicization; independent comic book creators and new publishers in the 1980s and 90s; superheroes in retreat, and their rebirth at the movies in blockbusters from Batman to Spider-Man and The Avengers.

The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 852 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany written by and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines

Author : Marshall B. Tymn
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1022 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines written by Marshall B. Tymn and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1985-12-23 with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This will be the basic tool for researchers studying the 100-year history of science fiction, fantasy, and weird fiction magazines. Reference Books Bulletin

Eminent Outlaws

Author : Christopher Bram
Publisher : Twelve
ISBN 13 : 0446575984
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book Eminent Outlaws written by Christopher Bram and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “standard text of the defining era of gay literati” tells the cultural history of the interconnected lives of the 20th century's most influential gay writers (Philadelphia Inquirer). In the years following World War II a group of gay writers established themselves as major cultural figures in American life. Truman Capote, the enfant terrible, whose finely wrought fiction and nonfiction captured the nation's imagination. Gore Vidal, the wry, withering chronicler of politics, sex, and history. Tennessee Williams, whose powerful plays rocketed him to the top of the American theater. James Baldwin, the harrowingly perceptive novelist and social critic. Christopher Isherwood, the English novelist who became a thoroughly American novelist. And the exuberant Allen Ginsberg, whose poetry defied censorship and exploded minds. Together, their writing introduced America to gay experience and sensibility, and changed our literary culture. But the change was only beginning. A new generation of gay writers followed, taking more risks and writing about their sexuality more openly. Edward Albee brought his prickly iconoclasm to the American theater. Edmund White laid bare his own life in stylized, autobiographical works. Armistead Maupin wove a rich tapestry of the counterculture, queer and straight. Mart Crowley brought gay men's lives out of the closet and onto the stage. And Tony Kushner took them beyond the stage, to the center of American ideas. With authority and humor, Christopher Bram weaves these men's ambitions, affairs, feuds, loves, and appetites into a single sweeping narrative. Chronicling over fifty years of momentous change-from civil rights to Stonewall to AIDS and beyond. Eminent Outlaws is an inspiring, illuminating tale: one that reveals how the lives of these men are crucial to understanding the social and cultural history of the American twentieth century.