The Bandits of the Osage a Western
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781419185014
Subjects: Westerns; Westerns - General; Fiction; Fiction - Western
First sentence: A few years since, most of the western States and Territories-particularly those bordering upon the great Mississippi-were infested with bands of lawless desperadoes, collected from all parts of the globe, who, having become criminals in their native land, here sought an asylum, either beyond the pale of the law entirely, or where stern Justice being weak, was relaxed from that severity which she exercised in the more populous sections of the country.