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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Boessenecker, John, 1953-     Subjects     Black Bart, 1829-     Brigands and robbers -- California -- Biography     Outlaws -- United States -- Biography.     Stagecoach robberies.     Frontier and pioneer life -- California.     California -- History -- 1850-1950.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Boessenecker, John, 1953-       by title:      Gentleman bandit : t...       by call number:      979.404092 B627b     Search the Web     Boessenecker, John, 1953-     Black Bart, 1829-     Brigands and robbers -- California -- Biography     Outlaws -- United States -- Biography.     Stagecoach robberies.     Frontier and pioneer life -- California.     California -- History -- 1850-1950.       MARC Display

Gentleman bandit : the true story of Black Bart, the Old West's most infamous stagecoach robber / John Boessenecker. by Boessenecker, John, 1953- Hanover Square Press, 2023. Call #: 979.404092 B627b Subjects Black Bart, 1829-   Brigands and robbers -- California -- Biography   Outlaws -- United States -- Biography.   Stagecoach robberies.   Frontier and pioneer life -- California.   California -- History -- 1850-1950. ISBN:  9781335449429 (hc) Alternate title:  Black Bart : the true story of the Old West's most infamous stagecoach robber Description:  376 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-360) and index. Summary:  "Black Bart is widely regarded today as not only the most notorious stage robber of the Old West but also the best behaved. Over his lifetime, Black Bart held up at least twenty-nine stagecoaches in California and Oregon with mild, polite commands, stealing from Wells Fargo and the US mail but never robbing a passenger. Such behavior earned him the title of a true 'gentleman bandit.' His real name was Charles E. Boles, and in the public eye, Charles lived quietly as a boulevardier in San Francisco, the wealthiest and most exciting city in the American West. Boles was an educated man who traveled among respectable crowds. Because he did not drink, fight or consort with prostitutes, his true calling as America's greatest stage robber was never suspected until his final capture in 1883. Sheriffs searched and struggled for years to find him, and newspaper editors had a field day reporting his exploits. Legends and rumors trailed his name until his mysterious death, and his ultimate fate remains one of the greatest mysteries of the Old West. Now historian John Boessenecker sheds new light on Black Bart's beginnings, reputation and exploits, bringing to life the glittering story of the mysterious stage robber who doubled as a rich, genteel socialite in the golden era of the Wild West."--Publisher. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Biography 979.404092 B627b Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Home Delivery - HN Adult Biography 979.404092 B627b Adult books Checked out Jul 18, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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