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008 130620s2008 pauab b 001 0beng
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020 $a9781594160707 (hbk.)
020 $a1594160708 (hbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn228364068
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082 04 $a978.02092$222
050 00 $aF593.S56$bR68 2008
100 1 $aRottenberg, Dan.
245 10 $aDeath of a gunfighter :$bthe quest for Jack Slade, the West's most elusive legend /$cDan Rottenberg.
260 $aYardley, Pa. :$bWestholme,$cc2008.
300 $axiv, 520 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
500 $aMap on lining papers.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [479]-500) and index.
505 0 $aPart I : Prospects -- The man and his moment -- The ropemaker -- The promoter -- The widow's quandary -- Hotbed of evil -- Part II : Possibilities -- The wagonmaster -- The gathering storm -- The California mail -- Part III : Power Slade takes charge -- The Ferrin shooting -- The las west of Kearny -- The pony express -- Avenging angel -- Survival -- Part IV : Purgatory -- The breaking point -- Gold fever -- Reign of terror -- Judgment day -- Part V : Posterity -- The widow and the town -- Victims and survivors.
520 $aThe true story of one of the Old West's greatest heroes, Jack Slade.
600 10 $aSlade, Joseph Alfred,$d1829-1864.
650 0 $aOutlaws$zWest (U.S.)$vBiography.
650 0 $aPony express.
650 0 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zWest (U.S.)
651 0 $aWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y1860-1890.
651 0 $aWest (U.S.)$vBiography.