Description: Sourced from back cover (image provided with listing): Early evening, July 14, 1892: a train carrying a heavily armed posse chugs slowly into the small town of Adair in the Indian Territory. Seven or eight rough-looking men—the notorious Dalton Gang—have already taken over the depot. Peering at a watch just stolen from the station agent, they are reassured that the train is on time and nothing is amiss. But only moments later, hundreds of gunshots shatter the air, an innocent bystander is killed, and at least three of the posse are wounded, before the Daltons break into the train's express car and rob the safe. Harking back to an era of desperados and lawmen, during the heyday of train robberies, this book chronicles the tale of Captain John Kinney-chief detective for the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas ("Katy") Railroad-and his confrontation with the Dalton gang. Contemporary accounts of the forty-minute battle at Adair vary widely, some praising the posse's courage, others accusing them of cowardice. Historians, however, all agree that this was the first time the Daltons encountered any organized armed resistance.
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Book Series: Historical
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
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Original Language: English
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SKU: 123E33
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Edition: paperback
Book Title: Captain Jack and the Dalton Gang : the Life and Times of a Railroad Detective
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication Year: 2005
Topic: Railroads / General, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / 19th Century, Law Enforcement, General, Criminals & Outlaws, Historical
Item Height: 0.8 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Transportation, Political Science, True Crime, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: John J. Kinney
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Perfect
