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1 online resource (xviii, 371 pages) : illustrations |
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A.C. Greene series ; no. 10 |
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A.C. Greene series ; 10.
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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 |
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Longley, William Preston, 1851-
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Langley family.
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Langley family fast |
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Longley, William Preston, 1851- fast |
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Outlaws -- Texas -- Biography
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Brigands and robbers -- Texas -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Brigands and robbers
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Outlaws
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Texas -- Biography
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Texas
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781574413533 |
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1574413538 |
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