Brilliantly weaving together eyewitness accounts, letters, memories, newspaper articles, and military reports into a riveting narrative, this definitive biography reveals the personality of William Clarke Quantrill (1837–1865) and the events that transformed a quiet Ohio schoolteacher from a staunchly Unionist family into a virulent pro-slavery Confederate soldier and the most feared and despised guerrilla chieftain of the Civil War. This groundbreaking work includes the most accurate account ever written of the 1863 Lawrence, Kansas massacre (the greatest atrocity of the Civil War), when Quantrill and 450 raiders torched the Unionist town and executed roughly 200 unarmed, unresisting men and teenage boys. It also details the postwar outlaw careers of those who rode with him—Frank and Jesse James, and Cole Younger. No other history so fully penetrates the myth of a cardboard-cutout psychopath to expose Quantrill in all his brutality and human complexity.

The Devil Knows How To Ride: The True Story Of William Clarke Quantril And His Confederate Raiders

Biographies & Memoirs

Leslie, Edward E.

Historical

Da Capo Press

A collection of adventures from the 15th century to the present day, this is the chronicle of people who have found themselves isolated in circumstances of extreme hardship: whether on a desert island, in a polar wilderness, or in other uncharted regions of the world.

Desperate journeys, abandoned souls : true stories of castaways and other survivors

MACMILLAN/LONDON

Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors

Papermac (Do Not Use)

Explores the lives of survivors who were shipwrecked, banished, or abandoned during the past several centuries

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

Here are the most remarkable stories imaginable of maroons, castaways, and other survivors from the 1500s to the present - their moral dilemmas, their personalities, and their influence on society, literature, and art.

Community & Culture

Mariner Books

This is the first modern biography of the most famous--and infamous--soldier, rogue, raider, and terrorist to emerge from the Civil War. The Devil Knows How to Ride is based on memoirs, letters, diaries, and newspapers--all of which the author has skillfully converted in a biography that is almost sure to provoke controversy among Civil War historians and buffs alike. of photos.

The Devil Knows How to Ride: The True Story of William Clark Quantrill and His Confederate Raiders

History

Americas

Random House]

Subtitled True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors, this is the ultimate book of ordeals, with remarkable stories of castaways and other survivors from the 1500s to the present.  Included are accounts of shipwrecks, descriptions of being marooned in isolated corners of the globe, and an account by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry of his experience in the Libyan desert.

Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls

Action & Adventure

Blackstone Audiobooks

World

The Devil Knows How to Ride: The True Story of William Clarke Quantril and His Confederate Raiders

From Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson to Alive! and Adrift, tales of survival have always captivated readers. This powerful collection chronicles the remarkable true stories of real-life maroons, castaways, and other survivors as they struggle to endure against insurmountable odds. From the 1500s to the present, in the most isolated and unforgiving terrains imaginable, they faced shipwrecks and plane crashes, crossed vast deserts and icy poles, and struggled against avalanches, tornadoes, and earthquakes. Here are their moral dilemmas, their personalities, and their influence on society, literature, and art. Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls is an unforgettable exploration of a subject of perennial fascination.

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Books by Leslie, Edward E.

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The Devil Knows How To Ride: The True Story Of William Clarke Quantril And His Confederate Raiders

Desperate journeys, abandoned souls : true stories of castaways and other survivors

Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors

Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors

Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors

The Devil Knows How to Ride: The True Story of William Clark Quantrill and His Confederate Raiders

Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls

Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors

The Devil Knows How to Ride: The True Story of William Clarke Quantril and His Confederate Raiders

Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors