Gentleman Bandit: The True Story of Black Bart, the Old West's Most Infamous Stagecoach Robber

New York Times bestselling author and award-winning historian John Boessenecker separates fact from fiction in the first...
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Gentleman Bandit: The True Story of Black Bart, the Old West's Most Infamous Stagecoach Robber by Boessenecker, John

Gentleman Bandit: The True Story of Black Bart, the Old West's Most Infamous Stagecoach Robber

BD$49.57

Gentleman Bandit: The True Story of Black Bart, the Old West's Most Infamous Stagecoach Robber

BD$49.57
Author: John Boessenecker
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
New York Times bestselling author and award-winning historian John Boessenecker separates fact from fiction in the first new biography in decades of Black Bart, the Wild West's most mysterious gentleman bandit.

Black Bart is widely regarded today as not only the most notorious stage robber of the Old West but also the best behaved. Over his lifetime, Black Bart held up at least twenty-nine stagecoaches in California and Oregon with mild, polite commands, stealing from Wells Fargo and the US mail but never robbing a passenger. Such behavior earned him the title of a true "gentleman bandit."

His real name was Charles E. Boles, and in the public eye, Charles lived quietly as a boulevardier in San Francisco, the wealthiest and most exciting city in the American West. Boles was an educated man who traveled among respectable crowds. Because he did not drink, fight or consort with prostitutes, his true calling as America's greatest stage robber was never suspected until his final capture in 1883. Sheriffs searched and struggled for years to find him, and newspaper editors had a field day reporting his exploits. Legends and rumors trailed his name until his mysterious death, and his ultimate fate remains one of the greatest mysteries of the Old West.

Now historian John Boessenecker sheds new light on Black Bart's beginnings, reputation and exploits, bringing to life the glittering story of the mysterious stage robber who doubled as a rich, genteel socialite in the golden era of the Wild West.

Author: John Boessenecker
Publisher: Hanover Square Press
Published: 03/14/2023
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.13w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9781335449429


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2023
Publishers Weekly 01/30/2023

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