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Author Miller, Rick, 1941-

Title Bloody Bill Longley : the mythology of a gunfighter / Rick Miller ; foreword by David Johnson
Edition 2nd rev. ed
Published Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 371 pages) : illustrations
Series A.C. Greene series ; no. 10
A.C. Greene series ; 10.
Contents A good-hearted boy -- These desperate scoundrels and out laws -- Murdering, robbing, and ravishing -- I kept on pumping lead -- We set out in fine spirit -- A man of low instinct and habits -- The worst Indian-- Who in the hell are you? -- Desperate looking character -- Shot him dead -- Bill was still fighting -- I will not be captured -- The last of "pea time" -- Plenty of ammunition -- We want him -- The most successful outlaw -- I have killed a many man -- Same old rattling Bill -- Hanging is my favorite way of dying -- Not upon his doomed neck
Summary William Preston "Bill" Longley (1851-1878), though born into a strong Christian family, turned bad during Reconstruction in Texas, much like other young boys of that time, including the deadly John Wesley Hardin. He went on a murderous rampage over the last few years of his life, shotgunning Wilson Anderson in retribution for Anderson's killing of a relative; killing George Thomas in McLennan County; and shooting William "Lou" Shroyer in a running gunfight. Longley even killed the Reverend William R. Lay while Lay was milking a cow. Once he was arrested in 1877, and subsequently sentenced to h
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-349) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Longley, William Preston, 1851-
Langley family.
SUBJECT Langley family fast
Longley, William Preston, 1851- fast
Subject Outlaws -- Texas -- Biography
Brigands and robbers -- Texas -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
Brigands and robbers
Outlaws
SUBJECT Texas -- Biography
Subject Texas
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781574413533
1574413538