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Long before Paul Newman and Robert Redford immortalized them on screen, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid captivated Americans from coast to coast. In the 1890s, their exploits robbing banks and trains in the West, and then seemingly vanishing into thin air, became national news and the basis of rumors and myth.
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The Sundance Kid is the frontier's fastest gun. His partner, Butch Cassidy is always dreaming up new ways to get rich fast. If only they could blow open a baggage car without also blowing up the money-filled safe inside. So Butch and Sundance pack their guns, put on new duds, and, with Sundance's girlfriend, head down to Bolivia.
6) Sundance
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A gripping historical novel of love and vengeance starring Harry Longbaugh, better known as the Sundance Kid. Legend has it that bank robber Harry Longbaugh and his partner Robert Parker were killed in a shootout in Bolivia. That was the supposed end of the Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy. "Sundance" tells a different story. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Longbaugh is very much alive, though serving in a Wyoming prison under an alias. When...
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This biography portrays the beautiful, enigmatic, and most elusive member of the Wild Bunch Gang -- Etta Place. Following Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid anywhere, Etta shared an adventurous life on the run that stretched from the mountainous Utah hideout of Robber's Roost to the red light district of San Antonio and finally to the remote South American region of Patagonia. The book also looks at many tales that place all three alive and well after...
12) In Patagonia
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Gives an account of Bruce Chatwin's journey through Patagonia, where he searched for almost-forgotten legends, Butch Cassidy's log cabin, and the descendants of Welsh immigrants.
18) Gunfighters
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Tales of murder, robbery and intrigue; explore the truth behind the legends of the Wild West's most infamous outlaws and lawmen.