The Life and Death of Kid Curry: Tiger of the Wild Bunch

by Gary A. Wilson

Overview

Harvey "Kid Curry" Logan was an outlaw, gunfighter and infamous member of the Butch Cassidy gang. With more than fifteen killings attributed to him, and given his involvement in the Butch Cassidy gang, "Kid Curry" was as renowned a figure as you were likely to find west of the Mississippi. Short of stature yet enormous in reputation, after Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid fled for South America, Logan became the most wanted outlaw in the United States. He was finally captured—only to escape from his Tennessee prison in 1903. Until now little has been readily known about the man nicknamed the "tiger of the wild bunch." With unique access to the research, author Gary Wilson deftly separates fact from fiction, providing readers with a complete and authoritative biography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442247390
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/15/2015
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Gary A. Wilson's previous books include Honky Tonk Town: Havre, Montana's Lawless Era and Outlaw Tales of Montana. Biographer, historian, and publisher, he has been researching the history of northern Montana since 1978. He is a founding board member of the Fort Assinniboine Preservation Association and is active in several local and regional tourist and historical organizations. He lives in Havre, Montana.

Table of Contents

Foreword Ellen Baumler viii

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction xiii

The Kentucky Beginnings 1

Go West, Young Man! 7

Introducing Powell "Pike" Landusky 16

The Logan-Landusky Feud 26

South to Wyoming's Hole-in-the-Wall 39

The Roberts Brothers, Wyoming Outlaws 48

The Outlaws' Shrinking Territory 69

The Train Robbers' Syndicate 80

Enter the Pinkertons 91

The Tipton Train Robbery 113

The Fort Worth Five 122

The Exeter Creek Train Robbery 130

Tour of the South 142

The Knox County Jail 155

The Many Trails of Harvey Logan 175

The Parachute-Grand Valley Train Robbery 185

Afterword 203

Bibliography 206

Index 217

About the Author 231