100 Oklahoma Outlaws, Gangsters & Lawmen

A survey of the infamous outlaws, associates, paramours, and gang members who came from and through Oklahoma during the years 1839-1939. This book includes difficult-to-find information about significant Oklahoma outlaws who lived and worked during t... Read more

A survey of the infamous outlaws, associates, paramours, and gang members who came from and through Oklahoma during the years 1839-1939. This book includes difficult-to-find information about significant Oklahoma outlaws who lived and worked during the 100-year period "from horseback to Cadillac." Each entry''s minimum criteria for inclusion was involvement in at least two fatal gunfights or a bank or train robbery. From Rufus Buck, a serial rapist whose own tribe would eventually call for his lynching, to Oklahoma bad girls like Alvirado Hudson, who broke her lover-who also happened to be her husband''s murderer-out of jail, to general tales of lawlessness in OK whiskey towns, the authors chronicle the violence of Oklahoma''s most infamous lawbreakers. While criminal history within Oklahoma is the focus, famous crimes committed elsewhere by Oklahomans, such as the Barker Gang, Wilbur Underhill, and Machine Gun Kelly, as well as Oklahoma connections to legendary outlaws like Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kidd, John Dillinger, and Baby Face Nelson are also mentioned. Less