An edition of The devil knows how to ride (1996)

The devil knows how to ride

the true story of William Clarke Quantrill and his Confederate raiders

1st Da Capo Press ed.

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An edition of The devil knows how to ride (1996)

The devil knows how to ride

the true story of William Clarke Quantrill and his Confederate raiders

1st Da Capo Press ed.

by

  • 3 Want to read

Brilliantly weaving together eyewitness accounts, letters, memories, newspaper articles, and military reports into a riveting narrative, this definitive biography reveals the personality of William Clarke Quantrill (1837–1865) and the events that transformed a quiet Ohio schoolteacher from a staunchly Unionist family into a virulent pro-slavery Confederate soldier and the most feared and despised guerrilla chieftain of the Civil War. This groundbreaking work includes the most accurate account ever written of the 1863 Lawrence, Kansas massacre (the greatest atrocity of the Civil War), when Quantrill and 450 raiders torched the Unionist town and executed roughly 200 unarmed, unresisting men and teenage boys. It also details the postwar outlaw careers of those who rode with him—Frank and Jesse James, and Cole Younger. No other history so fully penetrates the myth of a cardboard-cutout psychopath to expose Quantrill in all his brutality and human complexity

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Da Capo Press
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English
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534

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Biography Guerrillas History Soldiers Underground movements United States Civil War, 1861-1865 West (U.S.) Civil War, 1861-1865 Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865. Quantrill, william clarke, 1837-1865 United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, underground movements West (u.s.), history

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William Clarke Quantrill (1837-1865)

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Missouri United States West (U.S.)

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Civil War, 1861-1865
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Cover of: Devil Knows How to Ride
Devil Knows How to Ride: The True Story of William Clark Quantrill and His Confederate Raiders
2009, Hachette Books
in English
Cover of: The devil knows how to ride
The devil knows how to ride: the true story of William Clarke Quantrill and his Confederate raiders
1998, Da Capo Press
in English - 1st Da Capo Press ed.
Cover of: The devil knows how to ride
The devil knows how to ride: the true story of William Clarke Quantrill and his Confederate raiders
1996, Random House
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [441]-505) and index.
Originally published: New York : Random House, 1996.

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Dewey Decimal Class
973.7/42/092, B
Library of Congress
E470.45.Q3 L47 1998, E470.45.Q3L47 1998

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xxii, 534 p. :
Number of pages
534

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OL348005M
Internet Archive
devilknowshowtor0000lesl
ISBN 10
030680865X
LCCN
98007156
LibraryThing
3811
Goodreads
1020609

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OL1824929W

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