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'Dime Novel Desperadoes' Captures All the Romance, Grit of the Old Westnew

Like the James brothers, the Maxwells were transformed in popular culture from reviled cold-blooded killers to daring desperadoes in the popular dime novels of the era. Then, unlike the James gang, they were mostly forgotten -- until now.
Illinois Times  |  Roland Klose  |  07-31-2008  |  Nonfiction

Which Side Are You On?new

Carl Oblinger had a special interest in the coal mining battles that tore central Illinois apart in the '30s: Dad was a G-man who helped sabotage the Progressive Miners and dash the hopes of democratic unionism in the mines.
Illinois Times  |  Roland Klose  |  11-30-2004  |  Nonfiction

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