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The Story of Cole Younger

By Cole Younger
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Missouri guerrilla, Confederate officer, bank robber, notorious outlaw, Wild West showman—Cole Younger’s life was the stuff of myth and legend.  Known for intelligence and coolness under pressure, he published his autobiography, "The Story of Cole Younger," in 1903, telling his story in his own words after his parole from prison at the age of 59 and reflecting on the colourful and sometimes violent experiences of "the gentleman, the soldier, the outlaw, and the convict." Born in Missouri, Thomas Coleman ("Cole") Younger rode with William Clarke Quantrill's Confederate raiders during the Civil War, participating in many daring and bloody exploits, including the infamous Lawrence, Kansas, massacre of 1863. Following the war, Younger continued his celebrated career as a desperado, robbing banks and trains with Jesse James and other members of the James-Younger gang. A fateful attempt in 1876 on the Northfield, Minnesota, bank sent Cole to the state prison in Stillwater, Minnesota for decades. There he became a model resident, helping both to protect women convicts during a fire and found the Prison Mirror, a newspaper intended to shed "a ray of light upon the lives of those behind the bars." Paroled in 1901, Younger successfully sought a pardon, operated a Wild West show with his old comrade Frank James, and lectured on "What My Life Has Taught Me."

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Rating★★★★ 3.8 (503)
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GenreBiography and Memoir, History, Young Adult
Length4 hrs 10 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 22, 2020
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Why This Book Is Here
2120. Laurels Unsought
21. Boyhood Days
2221. The Truth about John Younger
32. The Dark and Bloody Ground
2322. Amnesty Bill Fails
43. Driven from Home
2423. Belle Starr
54. The Trap That Failed
2524. “Captain Dykes”
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65. Vengeance Indeed
2625. Eluding the Police
76. In the Enemy's Lines
2726. Ben Butler's Money
87. Lone Jack
2827. Horace Greeley Perry
98. A Foul Crime
2928. The Northfield Raid
109. How Elkins Escaped
3029. A Chase to the Death
1110. A Price on My Head
3130. To Prison for Life
1211. Betrayed
3231. Some Private History
1312. Quantrell on War
3332. Lost—Twenty-five Years
1413. The Palmyra Butchery
3433. The Star of Hope
1514. Lawrence
3534. On Parole
1615. Chasing Cotton Thieves
3635. Jim Gives It Up
1716. A Clash with Apaches
3736. Free Again
1817. The Edicts of Outlawry
3837. The Wild West
1918. Not All Black
3938. What My Life Has Taught Me
2019. A Duel and an Auction
40An Afterward
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