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The truth about outlaws, highwaymen, smugglers and robbers from the bandit gangs of ancient China to the desperadoes of today. This book separates reality from the fantasy, looking at extraordinary lives made more extraordinary by writers and film makers. This book tells you how it really was as murderous, thieving rogues from around the globe raid, steal and smuggle their way across the pages.Contents
Contents : introduction; beginnings of banditry - banditto, classical bandits; bandits from the east - bandit gangs of ancient china, outlaws of the marsh, Ali Baba and the forty thieves; medieval outlaws - bandits for hire, Robin Hood, bands of brigands, punishment and law, the poet bandits; pistol power - stand and deliver, Dick Turpin, Rob Roy, smugglers, the fate of Daniel Chater; New World Outlaws - the wild west, Jesse James, Australia’s bushrangers, the iron bushranger, the end of the bandit; the bandit world; bandit timeline; index;
