100 Oklahoma Outlaws, Gangsters & Lawmen

by Laurence Yadon, Dan Anderson (With)

Overview

This book includes difficult-to-find information about significant Oklahoma outlaws who lived and worked during the 100-year period 'from horseback to Cadillac.' While criminal history within Oklahoma is the focus, famous crimes committed elsewhere by Oklahomans, such as the Barker Gang, Wilbur Underhill, and Machine Gun Kelly, as well as Oklahoma connections to legendary outlaws like Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, John Dillinger, and Baby Face Nelson are also mentioned.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589803848
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/31/2007
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	1,038,875
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dan Anderson is a former award-winning newspaper journalist and photographer. He resides in Katy, Texas. Anderson and Yadon are also the authors of 100 Oklahoma Outlaws, Gangsters, and Lawmen: 1839-1939, also published by Pelican.


Laurence J. Yadon is an attorney, mediator, and arbitrator. He has assisted the Department of Justice in litigation matters before his local United States district court and has successfully argued before the US Supreme Court. He is the co-author of Pelican's 100 Oklahoma Outlaws, Gangsters, and Lawmen: 1839-1939; 200 Texas Outlaws and Lawmen: 1835-1935; Ten Deadly Texans; Old West Swindlers; Arizona Gunfighter; and Outlaws with Badges. Yadon resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Table of Contents

Preface     7
Introduction     9
Rufus Buck: A Man Too Bad for Hollywood     11
Oklahoma Assassins     25
Raiders and Guerrillas     41
Whiskey Towns of Oklahoma: Gunfights, Naked Men, and Debauched Women     45
Billy's Best Friend     59
Oklahoma Bad Girls     73
Bonnie and Clyde and Them     103
Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda     131
The Adaptable Henry Starr     147
Celebrity Outlaws     153
Lone Wolves     171
Kidnapping, Inc.     191
Old Creepy     211
Just Passing Through     225
Profiles of Oklahoma Outlaws, Gangsters, and Lawmen: 1839-1939     235
Notes     295
Bibliography     309
Acknowledgments     319
Index     321