This rare collection of wanted posters from the American West is a historical treasure. The book's nearly 150 original wanted posters, fugitive notices, and Pinkerton Agency circulars are supplemented by fascinated details about the technology of identification, the history of wanted posters, and the stories behind the crimes, which ranged from horse theft, safe blowing, train robbery, seduction, ''white slavery,'' and murder. Posters for notorious bandits such as Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid are also featured.
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Editorial Reviews
Review
Today's reader finds the wanted poster appealing out of curiosity about the past---about criminal types, personal characteristics, background stories. Delightfully, Wanted Posters of the Old West feeds that curiosity. It immerses the reader in instance after instance of startling derring-do. Moreover, it provides some case backgrounds---context---for the posters themselves. Who can resist? ---Dave Walter, research historian, Montana Historical Society
About the Author
Barbara Fifer is a freelance editor and writer. She is the author of twelve books on history and geography.
Martin J. Kidston graduated from the University of Montana - Missoula in 1997 after serving in the Marines. He lives in Helena, where he works as a newspaper reporter for the Helena Independent Record and as a freelance writer. He is the author of Cromwell Dixon: A Boy and His Plane, 1892-1911 and From Poplar to Papua: Montana's 163rd Infantry Regiment in WWII. His articles have appeared in Montana Magazine and the Washington Post.
Martin J. Kidston graduated from the University of Montana - Missoula in 1997 after serving in the Marines. He lives in Helena, where he works as a newspaper reporter for the Helena Independent Record and as a freelance writer. He is the author of Cromwell Dixon: A Boy and His Plane, 1892-1911 and From Poplar to Papua: Montana's 163rd Infantry Regiment in WWII. His articles have appeared in Montana Magazine and the Washington Post.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Barbara Fifer is Ohio-born, but an adoptive Montanan who has lived two-thirds of her life in Helena, Montana. She has edited a scholarly historical journal, catalogs for a library-book jobber, a zillion magazine articles, and (for 18 years) a few hundred books for Farcountry Press. Since 2003 she has freelanced as an author, editor, book producer, text designer, and indexer. Her commercially-published books of popular history all seek to bring past people and events to life again.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book for History buffs or anyone interested in The old west.,
This review is from: Wanted!: Wanted Posters of the Old West (Paperback)
This is a great book featuring alot of very cool Copies of ACTUAL wanted posters found in a cellar of an old building. A great book to just flip through or to actually sit down and read as it features tons of stories about the people featured on the wanted posters. It becomes an even better value as it is priced under $20.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating and humorous,
By Hilma A. (Michigan) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Wanted!: Wanted Posters of the Old West (Paperback)
I bought this book after seeing some of the old posters in an old restaurant while following the Oregon Trail last year...it is fascinating to see the photos and descriptions of these wanted fugitives of the Old West. This book contains about 150 reproductions of the original old Wanted posters The descriptions are funny, quaint and in most cases, very subjective (e.g. "always has a mean look on his face"; "roman nose"; "uses expression 'I reckon' a lot"; "cheek somewhat swollen from toothache"). A great glimpse back in our history.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting!,
By Foal Whiskers (Great State of Texas) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Wanted!: Wanted Posters of the Old West (Paperback)
Great gift for anyone involved in law enforcement. Lots of great photos with fascinating details of criminals and criminal behavior. It is very interesting to note the identification techniques used at that time versus the technology of today's world. The wanted posters are way cool - scars, limps, personality quirks, skills, detailed mannerisms of all sorts- all are recorded. I can see me ordering another copy of this for my husband's office.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
This update of a Pinkerton circular later was translated into Spanish and distributed in Argentina, where the outlaws had used the proceeds of this robberyCassidy and Sundance's last in the United Statesto establish a sheep and cattle ranch in 1902. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wire any information, hold warrant, above reward, smooth shaven, soft shirt, lace shoes, tan shoes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Great Northern, Kid Curry, Colorado Springs, Harvey Logan, Dale Jones, Union Pacific, Butch Cassidy, South Dakota, Chief of Police, George Francis, Sundance Kid, Carbon County, Harry Longbaugh, Harvey Curry, Lincoln County, Wild Bunch, Belle Fourche, Deer Lodge, Margie Jones, San Bernardino, Wells Fargo New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
This update of a Pinkerton circular later was translated into Spanish and distributed in Argentina, where the outlaws had used the proceeds of this robberyCassidy and Sundance's last in the United Statesto establish a sheep and cattle ranch in 1902. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wire any information, hold warrant, above reward, smooth shaven, soft shirt, lace shoes, tan shoes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Great Northern, Kid Curry, Colorado Springs, Harvey Logan, Dale Jones, Union Pacific, Butch Cassidy, South Dakota, Chief of Police, George Francis, Sundance Kid, Carbon County, Harry Longbaugh, Harvey Curry, Lincoln County, Wild Bunch, Belle Fourche, Deer Lodge, Margie Jones, San Bernardino, Wells Fargo New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 16
books:
See all 16 books this book cites
- The Capture of Billy the Kid (The Early West) by JAMES (ed.). EARLE in Back Matter
- South Dakota (Portrait of America) by Kathleen Thompson on page 128
- The Buckskin Mare by Baxter Black on page 39
- A Blue Night by Inc. Barbour & Company on page 59
- Blue Night by Todd May on page 60
See all 16 books this book cites
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
