Perilous Trails, Dangerous Men Early California Stagecoach Robbers and Their Desperate Careers 1856-1900 »

Punctuated by gunshots and posse hoofbeats, these true tales, many told for the first time, illustrate, in both words and rare photographs, perilous trails and dangerous men from a time gone forever. Profiling men such as stagecoach robber Shorty Harris, who just wanted to buy a restaurant with his loot and find some peace, and Black Bart, the most famous stagecoach robber ever, who robbed 28 stages in eight years and between robberies led the life of a society gentleman in San Francisco, this collection illustrates a desperate breed of fascinating characters who added their stories to the legends of the Old West.

John Allen
S.A. Allen
Charles Baker
Tom Bell
Charles Bowles
Thomas Brown
Clodoveo Chavez
Luis J. Dreibelbis
Lawrence English
Dick Fellows
A.P. Hamilton
William M. Harrall
John Hayes
William H. Howard
Rufus Henry Ingram
Thomas Jackson
John Keener
Frank Kellet
Charley Meyers
William A. Minor
Charles and John Ruggles
Milton A. Sharp
Milton D. Shepardson
Francisco and Santos Sotelo
Ormstead Thurman
Tiburcio Vasquez
Frank Williams