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The Grey Fox: The True Story of Bill Miner -- Last of the Old-Time Bandits
The Grey Fox The True Story of Bill Miner Last of the OldTime Bandits Author:Mark Dugan, John Boessenecker Miner's criminal career began in the 1860s and ended in 1911, two years before his death in prison. A gentleman robber of trains and stagecoaches, never a murderer, he believed that the railroad companies robbed the public and that he therefore had a right to rob them back. Although Dugan (Bandit Years, Sunstone Pr., 1987) and Boess... more »enecker (Badge and Buckshot, Univ. of Oklahoma Pr., 1988) present evidence of Miner's sometime homosexuality and drug use, in his own day he was better known for his kindness to women and children. He became a folk hero in Canada and the United States, a wily rogue people would rather help than hand over to the authorities. Containing original newspaper stories, "Wanted" posters, and analysis of the outlaw folk hero phenomenon, this biography will appeal to Western scholars as well as fans of the 1983 film about Miner, The Grey Fox .« less