The Story of Cole Younger, by Himself
by Cole Younger
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About This Book
Born near Lee's Summit, Missouri, Thomas Coleman ("Cole") Younger (1844-1916) rode with William Clarke Quantrill's Confederate raiders during the Civil War, participating in many daring and bloody exploits, including the infamous Lawrence, Kansas, massacre of 1863. Following the war, Younger continued his celebrated career as a desperado, robbing banks and trains with Jesse James and other members of the James-Younger gang. A fateful attempt in 1876 on the Northfield, Minnesota, bank sent Cole to the state prison in Stillwater, Minnesota for decades. There he became a model resident, helping b...
Chapters (41)
- Illustrations
- Why This Book Is Here
- 1. Boyhood Days
- 2. The Dark and Bloody Ground
- 3. Driven from Home
- 4. The Trap That Failed
- 5. Vengeance Indeed
- 6. In the Enemy's Lines
- 7. Lone Jack
- 8. A Foul Crime
- 9. How Elkins Escaped
- 10. A Price on My Head
- 11. Betrayed
- 12. Quantrell on War
- 13. The Palmyra Butchery
- 14. Lawrence
- 15. Chasing Cotton Thieves
- 16. A Clash with Apaches
- 17. The Edicts of Outlawry
- 18. Not All Black
- 19. A Duel and an Auction
- 20. Laurels Unsought
- 21. The Truth about John Younger
- 22. Amnesty Bill Fails
- 23. Belle Starr
- 24. “Captain Dykes”
- 25. Eluding the Police
- 26. Ben Butler's Money
- 27. Horace Greeley Perry
- 28. The Northfield Raid
- 29. A Chase to the Death
- 30. To Prison for Life
- 31. Some Private History
- 32. Lost—Twenty-five Years
- 33. The Star of Hope
- 34. On Parole
- 35. Jim Gives It Up
- 36. Free Again
- 37. The Wild West
- 38. What My Life Has Taught Me
- An Afterward
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