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Author:
Johnston, Joe, 1948- author.
Title:
It ends here : Missouri's last vigilante / Joe Johnston.
Publisher:
Missouri History Museum Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject:
Missouri--History--19th century.
Vigilantes--Missouri--History--19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life--Missouri.
Crime--Missouri--History--19th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-252) and index.
Contents:
Red and Laura -- Where's O'Kelley? -- Growing up O'Kelley -- Jesse, Frank, and Jim -- Hero worship -- Bob Ford's burden -- Pueblo -- Hello, Creede -- Fate -- Us and them -- Little Willie Rudolph -- An impatient sense of justice -- A juggernaut -- Sunset in olathe -- The wheel turns -- Have you lost hope?? -- Beauty and truth -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"Examines the end of the vigilante era in Missouri, with focus on Laura Bullion, Ben Kirkpatrick, William Rudolph, and Ed O'Kelley, the man who murdered Robert Ford"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1883982855 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781883982850 (pbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)928750329
LCCN:
2015034051
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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