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Dime Novel Desperadoes: The Notorious Maxwell Brothers (Nonfiction)

by | Aug 1, 2008 | Western Books

John E. Hallwas, University of Illinois Press, $29.95, Hardcover.
What an intriguing book! Ed and Lon Maxwell rivaled the James boys in their career of horse stealing, robberies and killings, but none of it occurred far enough west to be included in later Western references. Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota were the areas of action for the Maxwells, but the stories read the same as any Old West deeds of derring do. Narrow escap


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