Tales Behind the Tombstones: The Deaths and Burials of the Old West's Most Nefarious Outlaws, Notorious Women, and Celebrated Lawmen
A Nonfiction, History, Biography book. A cemetery is a history of people -a perpetual record of yesterday and sanctuary of peace and quiet...
Tales Behind the Tombstones tells the stories behind the deaths (or supposed deaths) and burials of the Old West's most nefarious outlaws, notorious women, and celebrated lawmen. Readers will learn the story behind Calamity Jane's wish to be buried next to Wild Bill Hickok, discover how and where the Earp brothers came to be buried, and visit the sites of tombs long forgotten while legends have lived on.
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- Pages: 224 pages
- ISBN: 9780762737734 / 762737735
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We never did hang the wrong one but once or twice, and them fellers needed to be hung anyhow jes' on general principles."-A NAMELESS JUDGE IN THE OLD WEST Chris Enss, Tales Behind the Tombstones: The Deaths and Burials of the Old Wests Most Nefarious Outlaws, Notorious Women, and Celebrated Lawmen // A cemetery is a history of people -a perpetual record of yesterday and sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery exists because crcrv life is worth loving and rc nrcnrbcrirli-alm111s. "- WILLIAM GLADSTONE, PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND, 1890 Chris Enss, Tales Behind the Tombstones: The Deaths and Burials of the Old Wests Most Nefarious Outlaws, Notorious Women, and Celebrated Lawmen //
I picked this up at the library because it looked like an interesting read. Wrong. I skipped through it and read some of the stories - only the ones that looked interesting to me. I think this one was better left on the library shelf, however. Stan Shelley I would give this an almost four. I find cemeteries interesting. My spouse and I like to walk around the local cemeteries and look at the tombstones. there is such a history to them. This book talks about the tombstones of people who lived in the 1800s and died during this time or the early 1900s. Some of the people are well known,...
