“Splashed to the Brows in Blood”: The Winston Train Robbery and the End of an Outlaw (Pamphlet)
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Author: Wybrow, Robert J. (1937-2000)
Publisher: English Westerners’ Society (London)
Pub Date: 1999
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good. Stapled binding tight. No marks, tears, bends or folds. Appears unread.
Notes: Pamphlet. The Brand Book, Volume 33, No. 1, Winter 1998/99. Limited edition, of which this is number 63 of 400. The outlaw in question is Jesse James, killed by (assassinated?) by Robert Ford (“That dirty little coward, who shot Mr. Howard, has laid poor Jesse in his grave” The Ballad of Jesse James, Traditional, c. 1882. Mr. Howard was a Jesse James alias.). A series of train robberies leads to infighting in the James Gang, eventually leading to Jesse’s death.
