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Bloody Bill Longley: The Mythology of a Gunfighter by Rick Miller (Hardback, 2011)

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William Preston Bill Longley (1851-1878), though born into a strong Christian family, turned bad during Reconstruction in Texas, much like other young boys of that time, including the deadly John Wesley Hardin. He went on a murderous rampage over the last few years of his life, shotgunning Wilson Anderson in retribution for Anderson's killing of a relative; killing George Thomas in McLennan County; and shooting William Lou Shroyer in a running gunfight. Longley even killed the Reverend William R. Lay while Lay was milking a cow. Once he was arrested in 1877, and subsequently sentenced to hang, his name became kwn statewide as an outlaw and a murderer. Through a series of autobiographical letters written from jail while awaiting the hangman, Longley created and reveled in his self-centered image as a fearsome, deadly gunfighter--the equal, if t the superior, of the vaunted Hardin.
Declaring himself the worst outlaw in Texas, the story that he created became the basis for his historical legacy, unfortunately relied on and repeated over and over by previous biographers, but all wrong. In truth, Bill Longley was t the daring figure that he attempted to paint. Rick Miller's thorough research shows that he was, instead, a braggart who exaggerated greatly his feats as a gunman. The murders that could be credited to him were generally thing more than cowardly assassinations.
Bloody Bill Longley was first published in a limited edition in 1996. Miller separates fact from fancy, attempting to prove or disprove Longley's many claims of bloodshed. Since the time of the first edition, diligent research has located and identified the outlaw's body, the absence of which was a longstanding myth in itself. This revised edition includes that part of the Longley story, as well as several new items of information that have since come to light.

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Publisher
University of North Texas Press,U.S.
ISBN-10
1574413058
ISBN-13
9781574413052
eBay Product ID (ePID)
178239288

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Weight
676g
Height
229mm
Width
152mm

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Place of Publication
Denton
Spine
28mm
Content Note
Illustrations
Author Biography
RICK MILLER is the author of biographies of Sam Bass ( Sam Bass & Gang ), Jack Duncan ( Bounty Hunter ), and Eugene Bunch ( The Train Robbing Bunch ). He served as chief of police in both Killeen and Denton, Texas. Currently, he is the elected County Attorney of Bell County, Texas. He lives in Harker Heights, Texas.
Foreword by
David Johnson
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Author(s)
Rick Miller
Date of Publication
15/02/2011
Subject
Autobiography: General
Edition Statement
2nd Edition
Imprint
University of North Texas Press,U.S.
Country of Publication
United States
Genre
Autobiography: General

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