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The Story of Cole Younger (Paperback)
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The Story of Cole Younger (Paperback)
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List price R413
Loot Price R385
Discovery Miles 3 850
You Save R28 (7%)
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Born near Lee's Summit, Missouri, Thomas Coleman ('Cole') Younger
(1844--1916) rode with William Clarke Quantrill's Confederate
raiders during the Civil War, participating in many daring and
bloody exploits, including the infamous Lawrence, Kansas, massacre
of 1863. Following the war, Younger continued his celebrated career
as a desperado, robbing banks and trains with Jesse James and other
members of the James-Younger gang. A fateful attempt in 1876 on the
Northfield, Minnesota, bank sent Cole to the state prison in
Stillwater for decades. Here he became a model resident, helping
both to protect women inmates during a fire and found the Prison
Mirror, a newspaper intended to shed 'a ray of light upon the lives
of those behind the bars'. Paroled in 1901, Younger successfully
sought a pardon, operated a Wild West show with his old comrade
Frank James, and lectured on 'What My Life Has Taught Me'. Always
known for intelligence and coolness under pressure, he published
this autobiography in 1903, reflecting on the colourful and
sometimes violent experiences of 'the gentleman, the soldier, the
outlaw, and the convict'.
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