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Speaking ill of the dead : jerks in Colorado history /
- Title
- Speaking ill of the dead : jerks in Colorado history / Phyllis J. Perry.
- Author
- Perry, Phyllis J., 1933-
- Publication
- Guilford, Conn. : Globe Pequot Press, 2011.
- ©2011
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | F776.6 .P47 2011 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- vi, 225 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Colorado History" features seventeen short profiles of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary if misunderstood thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes from the history of the Centennial State. Phyllis J. Perry reveals the dark side of some well-known and even revered characters from Colorado's past -- both part-time Jerks and others who were Jerks through and through"--Page 4 of cover.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-219) and index.
- Contents
- G Ch. 1. John C. Frémont and Bill Williams -- Ch. 2. Colonel John M. Chivington -- Ch. 3. Windham Thomas Wyndam-Quin -- Ch. 4. Griffith Evans -- Ch. 5. Alferd Packer -- Ch. 6 Doc Holliday and Bat Masterson -- Ch. 7. John Gillis Mills, Sheriff Charles Royer, and Undersheriff William Redman -- Ch. 8 Silver King Horace A.W. Tabor -- Ch. 9. Soapy Smith -- Ch. 10. Queen Ann Bassett -- Ch. 11. Tom Horn -- Ch. 12. Jennie Rogers and Mattie Silks -- Ch. 13. Adjutant General Chase and Lieutenant Karl Linderfeldt -- Ch. 14. Benjamin Franklin Stapleton -- Ch. 15. John Galen Locke -- Ch. 16. Governor Clarence Morley -- Ch. 17. Captain Louis Scherf.
- ISBN
- 9780762727056
- 0762727055
- LCCN
- 2011275282
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library