Shotguns and Stagecoaches: The Brave Men Who Rode for Wells Fargo in the Wild West (Thorndike Press Large Print Bills Bookshelf

Shotguns and Stagecoaches: The Brave Men Who Rode for Wells Fargo in the Wild West (Thorndike Press Large Print Bills Bookshelf

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The true stories of the Wild West heroes who guarded the iconic Wells Fargo stagecoaches and trains, battling colorful thieves, vicious highwaymen, and robbers armed with explosives.The phrase riding shotgun was no teenage game to the men who guarded stagecoaches and trains the Western frontier. Armed with sawedoff, doublebarreled shotguns and an occasional revolver, these express messengers guarded valuable cargo through lawless terrain. They were tough, fighting men who risked their lives every time they climbed into the front boot of a Concord coach.Boessenecker introduces soontobe iconic personalities like Chips Hodgkins, an express rider known for his white mule and his ability to outrace his competitors, and Henry Johnson, the first Wells Fargo detective. Their lives werent just one shootout after anothertheir encounters with desperadoes were won just as often with quick wits and memorizedbyheart knowledge of the land.The highway robbers also get their due. It wouldnt be a book about the Wild West without Black Bart, the most infamous stagecoach robber of all time, and Butch Cassidys gang, Americas most legendary train robbers.Through the Gold Rush and the early days of delivery with horses and saddlebags, to the heyday of stagecoaches and huge shipments of gold, and finally the rise of the railroad and the robbers who concocted unheardof schemes to loot trains, Wells Fargo always had courageous men to protect its treasure. Their unforgettable bravery and ingenuity make this book a thrilling read.

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