Title: Old Bill Miner
Subtitle: Last of the Famous Western Bandits
Description: ***Bill Miner, the gentleman bandit, enjoyed more popularity in his day than Jesse James or Billy the Kid.*** He robbed stagecoaches and trains across California, Colorado, Arizona, Georgia, Washington State and British Columbia until just before the **First World War**, by which point the public actually wanted him to escape the police. ***Reporters visited him during his time in jail and dubbed him “Old Bill Miner.”***

When he died in Georgia, where he had committed the state’s first train robbery, locals chipped in to pay for his funeral. **Described by some as North America’s Robin Hood,** Bill Miner’s character has starred in folk songs, stage productions and movies. He is also credited with the invention of the phrase “Hands up!”
Subjects: BFrank W. Anderson, Bill Miner, Billy Miner, 1846-1913, North America's Robin Hood, Non-fiction, Literature, Robbers, Bandits, Brigands, États-Unis Biographies, Brigands and robbers, Train robberies, Biography, Bandits et brigands, Biographies
Places: British Columbia, Canada, California, Colorado, Arizona, Georgia, Washington (State), United States
Time periods: Late 1800s to 1913