Elmer McCurdy: The Life and Afterlife of an American Outlaw

Born 1880. Died 1911. Buried 1977. These are the misadventures of America's most fascinating dead outlaw.

When Elmer McCurdy was shot dead by an Oklahoma sheriff and his posse after a short spree of bungled robberies, he was not laid to rest. Leaning in a corner for a nickel-a-look at the Joseph Johnson Funeral Home, exhibited as a felled outlaw at the sideshows of the Great Patterson Carnival, propped up to illustrate the dangers of marijuana and other vices in Hollywood exploitation movies--Elmer McCurdy became big business. This is his story.

Author: Mark Svenvold
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 10/08/2003
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 7.99h x 4.60w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9780465083497