Man-Hunters of the Old West
ISBN-13:
9780806155852
ISBN-10:
080615585X
Author:
Robert K. Dearment
Publication date:
2017
Publisher:
University of Oklahoma Press
Format:
Hardcover
344 pages
Category:
United States
,
Historical
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ISBN-13:
9780806155852
ISBN-10:
080615585X
Author:
Robert K. Dearment
Publication date:
2017
Publisher:
University of Oklahoma Press
Format:
Hardcover
344 pages
Category:
United States
,
Historical
Summary
Man-Hunters of the Old West (ISBN-13: 9780806155852 and ISBN-10: 080615585X), written by authors
Robert K. Dearment, was published by University of Oklahoma Press in 2017.
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Description
Settlers in the frontier West were often easy prey for criminals. Policing efforts were scattered at best and often amounted to vigilante retaliation. To create a semblance of order, freelance enforcers of the law known as man-hunters undertook the search for fugitives. These pursuers have often been portrayed as ruthless bounty hunters, no better than the felons they pursued. Robert K. DeArment’s detailed account of their careers redeems their reputations and reveals the truth behind their fascinating legends.
As DeArment shows, man-hunters were far more likely to capture felons alive than their popular image suggests. Although “Wanted: Dead or Alive” reward notices were posted during this period, they were reserved for the most murderous desperadoes. Man-hunters also came from a variety of backgrounds in the East and the West: of the eight men whose stories DeArment tells, one began as an officer for an express company, and another was the head of an organization of local lawmen. Others included a railroad detective, a Texas Ranger, a Pinkerton operative, and a shotgun messenger for a stagecoach line. All were tough survivors, living through gunshot wounds, snakebites, disease, buffalo stampedes, and every other hazard of life in the Wild West. They also crossed paths with famous criminals and sheriffs, from John Wesley Hardin and Sam Bass to Wyatt Earp, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.
Telling the true stories of famous men who risked their lives to bring western outlaws to justice, Man-Hunters of the Old West dispels long-held myths of their cold-blooded vigilantism and brings fresh nuance to the lives and legends that made the West wild.
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