Black Bart - the Wild West's Gentleman Bandit
03/25/25 • 18 min
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Imagine trying to rob a stagecoach. Now try to do it 29 times - with nothing but an unloaded shotgun, a flour sack mask, and your wits. Then do it without firing a single shot, and maintaining the highest level of decorum you can imagine. That is the story of Black Bart, the Wild West’s gentlemen bandit.
Sources
"Gentleman Bandit: The True Story of Black Bart, the Old West's Most Infamous Stagecoach Robber" by John Boessenecker
Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Bowles_aka_Black_Bart.jpg
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Imagine trying to rob a stagecoach. Now try to do it 29 times - with nothing but an unloaded shotgun, a flour sack mask, and your wits. Then do it without firing a single shot, and maintaining the highest level of decorum you can imagine. That is the story of Black Bart, the Wild West’s gentlemen bandit.
Sources
"Gentleman Bandit: The True Story of Black Bart, the Old West's Most Infamous Stagecoach Robber" by John Boessenecker
Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Bowles_aka_Black_Bart.jpg
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Sources
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Sources
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