The Outlaws of Cave-in-Rock / Historical Accounts of the Famous Highwaymen and River Pirates
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Exceptionally rare and valued by book collectors, Otto A. Rothert's riveting saga of the outlaws and scoundrels of Cave-in-Rock chronicles the adventures of an audacious cast of river pirates and highwaymen who operated in and around the famous Ohio River cavern from 1795 through 1820 (adventures featured in Disney's "Davy Crockett "and the film "How the West Was Won). "Once sporting the enticing sign "Liquor Vault and House for Entertainment," this beautiful cavern location decoyed the unsuspecting by offering a venue for food, drink, and rest.Compellingly lively, "The Outlaws of Cave-in-Rock...
Chapters (339)
- THE OUTLAWS OF CAVE-IN-ROCK
- Illustrations
- The Purpose of this Narrative
- The Lair of the Outlaws
- Piracy and Rough Life on the River
- The Harpes—A Terrible Frontier Story
- The Harpes—Renewal of the Terror
- The Harpes—Big Harpe’s Ride to Death
- The Harpes—Mysteries and Fate of Survivors
- Mason—Soldier, Pirate, Highwayman
- Mason On the Natchez Trace
- Mason—Trapped and Tried
- Mason and Harpe—Double-Cross and Double Death
- Coiners at the Cave
- The Ford’s Ferry Mystery
- Paying the Penalty
- The Cave in Fiction
- Bibliography
- FOOTNOTES
- Index
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