Bibliograph

Wild Tulare County, outlaws, rogues and rebels, Terry L. Ommen

Type

Label

Wild Tulare County, outlaws, rogues and rebels, Terry L. Ommen

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Wild Tulare County

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Terry L. Ommen

Sub title

outlaws, rogues and rebels

Summary

In the 1800s, Tulare County, California, was a hotbed of desperate characters whose deadly gunplay and murderous inclinations left a trail of bodies across the region. Although the Central Valley now makes its name in agriculture, Tulare County was once a bastion of the Wild West with a lineup of hardened criminals that has scarcely been equaled in the annals of crime. Train bandits, coldblooded murderers and callous outlaws armed with shotguns and butcher knives plagued Visalia, Porterville and other sleepy central California towns. Join historian and retired Visalia Police captain Terry Ommen as he relates the transgressions of Tulare County's roughest characters, including thrilling tales of the pistol-packing Mason-Henry Gang, a deadly duel between politically divided journalists and vigilante justice exacted by angry mobs

Target audience

adult

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