Speaking ill of the dead
Subtitle: jerks in Colorado history
By: Phyllis J. Perry
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780762727056
Subjects: Outlaws; Criminals; Anecdotes; Rogues and vagabonds; Biography; History
Description: "Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Colorado History" features seventeen short profiles of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary if misunderstood thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes from the history of the Centennial State. Phyllis J. Perry reveals the dark side of some well-known and even revered characters from Colorado's past -- both part-time Jerks and others who were Jerks through and through"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: g Ch. 1. John C. Frémont and Bill Williams -- Ch. 2. Colonel John M. Chivington -- Ch. 3. Windham Thomas Wyndam-Quin -- Ch. 4. Griffith Evans -- Ch. 5. Alferd Packer -- Ch. 6 Doc Holliday and Bat Masterson -- Ch. 7. John Gillis Mills, Sheriff Charles Royer, and Undersheriff William Redman -- Ch. 8 Silver King Horace A. W. Tabor -- Ch. 9. Soapy Smith -- Ch. 10. Queen Ann Bassett -- Ch. 11. Tom Horn -- Ch. 12. Jennie Rogers and Mattie Silks -- Ch. 13. Adjutant General Chase and Lieutenant Karl Linderfeldt -- Ch. 14. Benjamin Franklin Stapleton -- Ch. 15. John Galen Locke -- Ch. 16. Governor Clarence Morley -- Ch. 17. Captain Louis Scherf.