outlaws

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Billy the Kid

2010
Examines the life and legacy of outlaw Billy the Kid, and discusses his role in the settlement of the American West.

Maid Marian

a novel
2004
Heiress Marian Fitzwater, wed at the age of five and widowed at seventeen without having seen her husband in years, turns to Robin Hood for help in discovering who the queen has selected as her new bridegroom and when the choice is not to her liking, she runs off with the handsome prince of thieves and begins life as an outlaw.

Peace like a river

2001
In the 1960s, a spiritual man named Jeremiah Land sets out from his Minnesota home with his young son and daughter to find his elder son, Davy, after he escapes jail on the morning of his sentencing for murder.

True grit

a novel
2003
In 1870s Arkansas, fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross persuades U.S. Marshal "Rooster" Cogburn to ride into Indian Territory and help her capture the gang of outlaws who murdered her father.

Looking after Lily

1994
Outlaw Haywood Beatty promises to take care of his brother's wife, Lily, while Marion is in prison and ends up falling in love with her.

Minnie the Mule and the Erie Canal

2001
Sarah, the daughter of Captain Fairweather, and her cousin Jack, with the help of Minnie the Mule, track down a group of bandits responsible for a series of bank robberies along the Erie Canal in 1850.

The black arrow

a tale of the two roses
2003
A young Englishman, seeking to avenge the death of his father, becomes involved in the band of the Black Arrow and the events of the War of the Roses.

The great American outlaw

a legacy of fact and fiction
1993
Explores the origins, development, and prospects of outlawry and of the relationship of outlaws to social conditions.

Outlaw tales

legends, myths, and folklore from America's middle border
1992
Tells stories about the outlaws, robbers, and desperados of the Old West.

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