So small it had only one bank, so quiet no citizens carried
guns. Hard-working, peaceful Northfield, Minnesota, was an orderly
yet busy mill-town in the heart of prosperous farm country. On a
serene autumn Tuesday in 1876, local shopkeepers, farmers, and
citizenry went about their normal routines, little realizing that
the infamous and deadly James-Younger gang had designs on tiny
Northfield.
The experienced robbers planned to target the single bank, which
held the hard-earned money of the townsfolk. Jesse and Frank James
and the Younger brothers had never experienced defeat.
During a wild gun battle that raged between the outlaws and the
bankmen up and down the town's main street, two unarmed townsfolk
were murdered. Northfield's angered populace fought back. The
townspeople killed two members of the James-Younger gang and
wounded several more. The remaining bandits fled but were pursued
across southwestern Minnesota by a posse that gradually grew to
more than a thousand men.
In Last Hurrah of the James-Younger Gang, Robert Barr Smith
debunks the James-Younger "Robin Hood" image and shows that the
real heroes of the Northfield raid were the ordinary people--the
bankers who protected their depositors at their own risk, the
townspeople who pitched in to chase the gang from town, and the
posse members who pursued and triumphed over the retreating
remnants of the gang.
General
Imprint: |
University of Oklahoma Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2001 |
First published: |
October 2001 |
Authors: |
Robert Barr Smith
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 133 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8061-3353-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
0-8061-3353-8 |
Barcode: |
9780806133539 |
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