Pirates of the Prairie: Outlaws and Vigilantes in America's Heartland

by Ken Lizzio and Kenneth P. Lizzio

Book Overview

The dramatic story of outlaws and vigilantes on the American frontier invariably calls to mind the Wild West of the latter nineteenth century. Yet, there was an earlier frontier, Illinois, that was every bit as wild and lawless as Dodge City or Tombstone. Posses were formed; outlaws were swept from their lairs and whipped, shot, or hanged. Sometimes the miscreants got their just desserts; other times, the use of public tribunals to enact personal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493036599
• ISBN13: 9781493036592
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"