23 Results for : gang’s
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The Gunmen of the American Wild West Collection: The Life of John Wesley Hardin, Jesse James: The Life Times and Treacherous Death of the Most Infamous Outlaw of All Time, A Cowboy Detective: A True Story of Twenty-Two Years with a World Famous Detective Agency, A Texas Ranger, Life and Adventures of Nat Love, Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick," & Six Years with the Texas Rangers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2652min
The Life of John Wesley Hardin, Jesse James: The Life Times and Treacherous Death of the Most Infamous Outlaw of All Time, A Cowboy Detective: A True Story of Twenty-Two Years with a World Famous Detective Agency, A Texas Ranger, Life and Adventures of Nat Love, Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick", and Six Years with the Texas RangersThe Gunmen of the American Wild West Collection brings to life the history of the frontier west of the Mississippi in the latter parts of the 19th century. The gunmen ranged from lawmen to cowboys, ranchers, and outlaws. Most of the outlaws in the Old West preyed on banks, trains, and stagecoaches. Although spread thin, the law was present, usually on the level of deputy US marshal, county sheriff, and the town marshal or constable. Book one: The Life of John Wesley Hardin. Hardin was an average man - except for his above-average gunfighting. A Texan sympathizer to slavery writes about his deeds, some of which were commendable while others were downright deplorable. These memoirs of the outlaw and controversial folk icon was published the year after his death in 1896. Book two: Jesse James: The Life Times and Treacherous Death of the Most Infamous Outlaw of All Time. Jesse James was a guerrilla during the Civil War and afterward pursued a criminal career that lasted more than a decade. Frank Triplett’s biography discusses every one of the robberies and acts of violence that the legendary outlaw and his gang perpetrated. The book is riveting and provides comprehensive coverage of the James Gang’s infamous crime spree. Book three: A Texas Ranger. Napoleon Augustus Jennings was a prominent member of the Texas Rangers responsible for border patrol under the command of L.H. McNelly, when Southern Texas was being overrun by outlaws. Jennings' account includes many incidents of clashes with Mexican guerrillas and confronta ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Museum Audiobooks cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/yurt/002256/bk_yurt_002256_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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At the Gates of Walhalla , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 531min
In the economically recessed '80s, the violent winds of change swirl in the drug world. The Canadian federal government is forced to privatize the job of defending the border. The only constant is Kurt Sorensen, a pillar of law abiding society. As a decorated U.S. Border Patrol Officer defending the southern border in El Paso, Texas, his keen skills, strong work ethic, classic Nordic looks and affable, good humor are a breath of fresh air in a region stifled with the burgeoning terror of warring drug gangs just across the border in Juarez, Mexico. But while his wife, Lupe, and twins Mark and Matthew are birthday shopping at the Mercado in Juarez one afternoon, Kurt, loving father and devoted husband loses everything he lives for as they are killed in an extremely vicious and apparently random ambush in broad daylight. Kurt chooses to leave the painful memories behind as he returns to his peaceful, stunningly beautiful hometown, North Walhalla, Manitoba. Instead of finding peace and tranquility as a Canadian Border Officer, Kurt is suddenly swept up in a vortex of evil and injustice that seems to have followed him northward. In a valiant attempt to protect Walhalla from succumbing to a sudden infiltration of death, drugs and destruction, Kurt engages in a long-distance battle with the infamous drug lord, ‘El Cabron’, only to be shocked to his core at the revelation of the drug gang’s silent business partner. With nowhere else to turn, Kurt draws on his ancestral Viking spirit and strength to recruit a secret militia to right the wrongs in society, delivering justice swiftly and in stealth. Powerful forces and matching wills of the militia, the drug lord, and the ominous third party are on inescapable collision courses, which intersect at the gates of Viking Heaven - Walhalla. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Justen Forge. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/cher/000092/bk_cher_000092_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Fast Ride to Hell: When the Dalton Boys Rode in Kansas , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 138min
The Adair robbery was the beginning of the end for the Dalton gang. By all accounts, it was one of their more successful raids. The take was estimated at somewhere over $17,000 - not bad for a single night's work. But the pressure put on the gang afterwards led them down the path to carelessness - and ruin. Eight well-armed men rode up to the small frame station about an hour before the KATY No. Two train on the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas line pulled in. Night station agent Heywood found himself taken captive before he knew what had happened. The robbers appeared unconcerned. They waited on the station platform - laughing, and shooting jokes. For Heywood things weren't near as pleasant. He was kept at the muzzle end of eight Winchesters as he waited to flag the train down. As soon as the train came to a standstill Emmett and Grat boarded the engine. One of them took engineer Glen Ewing captive. Bill Doolin, George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb, and Dick Broadwell fanned out, and grabbed the conductor, and the rest of the train crew. Charley Pierce stayed behind to watch the horses. After the robbery, the Dalton boys rested up in the Dog Creek Hills that night. They split up the booty, and slept all day. After that, they split up and rode off in groups of two and three. In Beyond the Law, Emmett says Bob took an inventory of the gang members, and trimmed the band down to five core members he knew he could trust - the remaining members were the brothers, Bob, Emmett, and Grat Dalton, Bill Power, and Dick Broadwell. Bill Doolin was wild and unruly, mentally awkward. Pierce and Newcomb displayed an uncurbed "rampant foolishness". But the biggest reason for divesting members from the gang was it was too large. There was not enough 'divvy' when each split was made. Bob needed more money for that fabled escape to South America. But that greed, that lust for more money, would leave him shorthanded for the gang’s final job. Another ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bryan J. Howard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/070724/bk_acx0_070724_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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