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Dime novel desperadoes : the notorious Maxwell brothers
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- Summary
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Recovers the long-forgotten story of Ed and Lon Maxwell, the outlaw brothers from Illinois who once rivaled Jesse and Frank James in national notoriety.
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- Creator
- John E. Hallwas
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2008]
- ©2008
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 402 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9786613168856, 0252078047, 0252093755, 9780252033520, 9781283168854, 1283168855, 9780252093753, 0252033523
- OCLC
- ocn191767715, ocn785781242, ocn923493642
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-379) and index.
- The Maxwell family moves west -- The Maxwells in troubled Fulton County -- The Maxwells in McDonough County -- Law and order, and prison life -- The Maxwell brothers become outlaws -- The great escape-- and recapture -- Prison time and justice issues -- Lon's struggle to go straight -- The Wisconsin desperadoes -- The gunfight at Durand -- The great manhunt -- Another gunfight-- and the renewed manhunt -- Ed's capture and Lon's escape -- The desperado and the public -- The lynching at Durand -- The lynching controversy and Durand's fate -- The mysterious fate of Lon MAxwell -- Epilogue: the story life of the Maxwell brothers
Subjects
- Maxwell, Ed (Edward), 1853-1881.
- Maxwell, Alonzo, 1857-
- Maxwell family.
- Outlaws -- Illinois -- Biography.
- Outlaws -- Wisconsin -- Biography.
- Brothers -- Illinois -- Biography.
- Brothers -- Wisconsin -- Biography.
- Illinois -- Biography.
- Wisconsin -- Biography.
- Illinois -- History -- 19th century.
- Wisconsin -- History -- 19th century.