The Burglar’s Fate & the Detectives
by Allan Pinkerton
Published in 1880
Lucas Vogel brought this book to the frontier with himself, selecting it from all of his books as his favorite.
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The Burglar’s Fate & the Detectives
Bucholz & the Detectives
by Allan Pinkerton
Published in 1880
This title was one of Lucas Vogel’s favorites from the collection in the Orange Hotel Library.
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The Log of a Cowboy
by Andy Adams
Published in 1903
This book is the real journal of a cowboy at the turn of the century, so tells all about his experiences on the cattle drives. It’s one of the books I used in my research while writing Longhorns and Outlaws.
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Jessie James, The Outlaw
by W.B. Lawson
Published in 1901
This is a Dime Novel that was issued weekly in 1901, the year that Longhorns and Outlaws
is set in.
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