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03323aam a2200541 i 4500 001 0C2BD410C87711EDB34712E023ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230322010036 008 230224s2023 onca b 001 0beng d 020 $a 1335449426 020 $a 9781335449429 040 $a NjBwBT $b eng $c NjBwBT $e rda $d GCmBT $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ca 050 14 $a F866.B59 $b B67 2023 082 04 $a B $a B $2 23/eng/20220224 100 1 $a Boessenecker, John, $d 1953- $e author. 245 10 $a Gentleman bandit : $b the true story of Black Bart, the Old West's most infamous stagecoach robber / $c John Boessenecker. 264 1 $a Toronto, Ontario, Canada : $b Hanover Square Press, $c [2023] 300 $a 376 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Black Bart is widely regarded today as not only the most notorious stage robber of the Old West but also the best behaved. Over his lifetime, Black Bart held up at least twenty-nine stagecoaches in California and Oregon with mild, polite commands, stealing from Wells Fargo and the US mail but never robbing a passenger. Such behavior earned him the title of a true 'gentleman bandit.' His real name was Charles E. Boles, and in the public eye, Charles lived quietly as a boulevardier in San Francisco, the wealthiest and most exciting city in the American West. Boles was an educated man who traveled among respectable crowds. Because he did not drink, fight or consort with prostitutes, his true calling as America's greatest stage robber was never suspected until his final capture in 1883. Sheriffs searched and struggled for years to find him, and newspaper editors had a field day reporting his exploits. Legends and rumors trailed his name until his mysterious death, and his ultimate fate remains one of the greatest mysteries of the Old West. Now historian John Boessenecker sheds new light on Black Bart's beginnings, reputation and exploits, bringing to life the glittering story of the mysterious stage robber who doubled as a rich, genteel socialite in the golden era of the Wild West"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-360) and index. 600 00 $a Black Bart, $d 1829- 650 0 $a Brigands and robbers $z California $x Biography. 650 0 $a Outlaws $z California $x Biography. 650 0 $a Stagecoach robberies. 650 0 $a Frontier and pioneer life $z California. 651 0 $a California $x History $y 1850-1950. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 18 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20240809020139.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240716040836.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710062940.0 952 $l JSPB572 $d 20240323012808.0 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305022535.0 952 $l OJPC027 $d 20231120125215.0 $m BIO BAR 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20231005013100.0 952 $l XAPE737 $d 20231003010228.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20230922010302.0 952 $l SKPC094 $d 20230915010704.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20230902011648.0 952 $l VKPE334 $d 20230801011032.0 952 $l GQPB641 $d 20230523011428.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20230502010826.0 952 $l VZPB964 $d 20230428010448.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20230411012715.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20230405010213.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20230404010443.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0C2BD410C87711EDB34712E023ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search