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rule the east coast? Or how some of the most notorious criminals escaped
Alcatraz? The All About History Book of American Outlaws has the answers.
Explore the tumultuous Wild West, the seedy underbelly of New York
and the con men who made their living across the United States as we
take you on a tour of America's most wanted outlaws. We re veal the
true stories behind gunslingers like Jesse James, the gangs who made
their money in astonishing bank heists, the Prohibition Era’s greatest
gangsters - and the men who tried to take them down. Discover what
really happened at the OK Corral and meet the man who created the first
pyramid scheme. Find out who bought Machine Gun Kelly the weapon
that gave him his name, and discover the farmer who created a safe house
for fugitives on the run.
Filled with incredible stories, turn the page to enter the world of
America's greatest outlaws and see why they live on in infamy today.
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ALL ABOUT
HISTORY
WILD
Butch Cassidy 28 Henry Starr
Uncover the life of one of the Wild Discover the thief and killer who
West's most infamous figures nearly made a career in Hollywood
14 Billy the Kid 32 The Dalton Gang
Learn the truth behind the man The band of brothers who terrorised
who has been immortalised in myth the Wild West
22 lesse lames 36 Lawmen of
the frontier
The story of an iconic outlaw and
his feared gang
Meet the men who tried to bring
some order to the lawless frontier
26 How to rob
a train 42 Wyatt Earp
The tips you need to carry out your Find out what really went down at
train heist the OK Corral
Public enemies: 78 Machine
America's most Gun KeUy
wanted
The mobster and the kidnapping
that gained him notoriety
Get acquainted with the Crime
Wave and find out who was Public
82 Charles Birger
Enemy Number One
Meet the Illinois gangster who took
62 How to escape
on the Ku Klux Klan
from Alcatraz
86 The
Take a trip to the Rock - and
Castellammarese
discover how to break out
War
64 A1 Capone
When the Mafia goes to war,
Welcome to Chicago - the city New York City is changed forever
controlled by mobster Al Capone
90 The rise & fall
72 Bugsy Siegel
of the New
Get up close and personal with the York Mafia
mobster who made Vegas
The five crime families of New York
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98 Charles Ponzi
Behind the first pyramid scheme
was an Italian con man
102 Soapy Smith
Uncover one man's slippery
swindles in Alaska
106 George C Parker
The man who sold the Brooklyn
Bridge - twice
I-
The Great
Diamond Hoax
Take a look inside the hoax that
fooled one of the world's most
famous jewellers
114 Joseph Weil
It's time to meet the man who
hoodwinked Mussolini
118 Gaston Means
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> With the death of a president
comes an opportunity
122 Bonnie & Clyde
Uncover the real story of America's
infamous criminal lovers
12610 infamous
bank heists
Money doesn't grow on trees -
so some raided their banks
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Get the lowdown on the turbulent
36
life of the Phantom Bandit
136 Deafy Farmer
Every criminal needs a safehouse
- for some, it was Deafy's farm
140 From villains
to heroes
Why do we remember so many
notorious criminals as celebrated
heroes today?
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Butch Cassidy 8 Henry Starr
Uncover the life of one of the Wild Discover the thief and killer who
West's most infamous figures nearly made a career in Hollywood
Billy the Kid 12 The Dalton Gang
Learn the truth behind the man The band of brothers who
who has been immortalised in terrorised the Wild West
myth
36 Lawmen of
Jesse James
the frontier
The story of an iconic outlaw and
Meet the men who tried to bring
his feared gang
some order to the lawless frontier
How to rob
Wyatt Earp
a train
Find out what really went down
The tips you need to carry out at the OK Corral
your train heist
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THE WILD WEST
His exploits with the Wild Bunch captured the
imagination of the public and even his death
became the stuff of legends. Is Butch Cassidy the
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most infamous figure of the Wild West?
ay the name Butch Cassidy and it's hard to For a while, Butch continued to move between
not immediately think of the Sundance Kid ranches, living the life of a cowboy in Wyoming and
and the 1969 film. Its story of two wise¬ Montana until he gravitated to Telluride, Colorado,
cracking buddies is so ingrained in culture in 1887. After striking up a friendship with race
as to be taken as fact. But it isn't. For a start, Cassidy horse owner Matt Warner some time earlier, Cassidy
and Sundance were not best friends. They did flee to robbed his first bank.
Argentina together, but that was more opportunity It was 24 June 1889 and Cassidy, Warner and the
than choice. But even if the film didn't nail it in terms two McCarty brothers helped themselves to about
of accuracy, that is not to say that Butch Cassidy's life $21,000 from the San Miguel Valley Bank. The crew
wasn't full of thrills, adventure and intrigue. didn't hang around for long, making their way to the
Born Robert Leroy Parker on 13 April 1866, in Utah, Robbers Roost, an area of rough terrain in southeast
Cassidy's parents were staunch Mormons. His dad, Utah. The natural crags and canyons made this a
Maximillian Parker, was 12 when he arrived with his popular hideout for outlaws, and in fact it was while
family in Salt Lake City in 1856, and they became Cassidy and his best friend Elzy Lay were lying low
Mormon pioneers. Cassidy's childhood was spent there that they formed the Wild Bunch.
on his family's ranch but perhaps sensing that the When the heat had died down, Cassidy made his
Mormon life was not for him, he left home during way to Wyoming, where he bought a ranch on the
his early teens. He supported himself by working on outskirts of Dubois. Although it's possible he did this
various ranches, and it was while at a dairy farm that in an attempt to earn an honest living, the fact he
he started to get drawn into the criminal world. never actually made any money from it and that the
Mike Cassidy, whose real name was John Tolliver location was just over from another outlaw hangout
McClammy, was a cowboy and rustler and soon-to- - the Hole in the Wall - suggests the ranch was a
be mentor and friend of the young Parker. In fact, front for nefarious activities. There’s also the fact he
it’s said that Robert dropped his Parker surname in was arrested in 1894 for stealing horses and possibly
favour of Cassidy in honour of his friend, adding running a protection racket among ranchers.
it to his nickname of Butch. It is also said that the Cassidy served 18 months of a two-year sentence
name change was due to a desire to not disrespect at the Wyoming State Prison, where upon his release
his family, as at the time he had a feeling his path in 1896 he was pardoned by Governor William Alford
would take a significant diversion from the Mormon Richards. While some may have taken the pardon
lifestyle he had been brought up to believe in. as an opportunity to turn their life around and walk