Wanted!
Wanted Posters of the Old West
Stories Behind the Crimes
Authors: Barbara Fifer and Martin Kidston
Publisher: Farcountry Press (2003)

 

From the Publisher:
This rare collection of wanted posters from the American West is a historical treasure. The book's nearly 150 original wanted posters, fugitive notices, and Pinkerton Agency circulars are supplemented by fascinated details about the technology of identification, the history of wanted posters, and the stories behind the crimes, which ranged from horse theft, safe blowing, train robbery, seduction, ''white slavery,'' and murder. Posters for notorious bandits such as Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid are also featured.

The book includes:

more ethan 150 wanted posters, fugitive notices, and Pinkerton circulars

background stories and outcomes for 30 wanted posters

discussion of the various crimes in the West

details on the history of wanted posters and how law enforcement used them

a rogue's hall of infamy showcases some of the West's most famous criminals

What Others Say:
"Today's reader finds the wanted poster appealing out of curiosity about the past-about criminal types, personal characteristics, background stories. Delightfully, Wanted Posters of the old West and Stories Behind the Crimes feeds that curiosity. It immerses the reader in instance after instance of startling derring-d0. Moreover, it provides some case backgrounds-context-for the posters themselves. Who can resist?"
  - Dave Walter, Research Historian
     Montana Historical Society

About the Authors:
Barbara Fifer is an editor and writer who freelances from Helena, Montana. She is the author of twelve books on history and geography.

Martin Kidston graduated from the University of Montana–Missoula in 1997 after serving in the Marines. He lives in Helena, where he works as a newspaper reporter for the Helena Independent Record and as a freelance writer. He is the author of Cromwell Dixon: A Boy and His Plane, 1892-1911 and From Poplar to Papua: Montana’s 163rd Infantry Regiment in WWII. His articles have appeared in Montana Magazine and the Washington Post.

 

Paperback. 208 pages.

Please Note: This title is backordered until further notice.