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Man-Hunters of the Old West (Hardcover)
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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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