Notorious Robberies

The western frontier attracted all kinds of honest hard working men and women in search of wealth, happiness and a better way of life. The West also attracted another breed of individual, ruthless and lazy men and women who wanted to get rich quick without working. They were called bandits, highway...

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Other Authors: Arts and Entertainment Network., Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase.
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011]
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (45 min.) : sound, color, digital file.
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Table of Contents:
  • Credits: Notorious Robberies (0:11)
  • Native American Perspective on American West (2:04)
  • Stage Coach Robbery (5:20)
  • Black Bart: Gentleman Stage Robber (4:30)
  • Joaquin Murrieta: Hispanic Robin Hood (2:55)
  • Train Robberies, a Western Epidemic (3:00)
  • Pearl Hart: Female Bandit (3:30)
  • The Grey Fox and Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch (4:18)
  • Wiping out the Disease of Train Robbery (2:25)
  • Social Bandits in the West (2:48)
  • Black Jack Ketchum (2:47)
  • Bank Bandits (3:31)
  • The Dalton Gang (5:31)