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Contents Preface xi Prologue: A Desperado in McDonough County 1 1. The Maxwell Family Moves West 9 2. The Maxwells in Troubled Fulton County 19 3. The Maxwells in McDonough County 39 4. Law and Order, and Prison Life 60 5. The Maxwell Brothers Become Outlaws 76 6. The Great Escape—and Recapture 93 7. Prison Time and Justice Issues 109 8. Lon’s Struggle to Go Straight 124 9. The Wisconsin Desperadoes 138 10. The Gunfight at Durand 156 11. The Great Manhunt 173 12. Another Gunfight—and the Renewed Manhunt 190 13. Ed’s Capture and Lon’s Escape 205 14. The Desperado and the Public 219 15. The Lynching at Durand 238 i-xvi_1-408_Hall.indd 9 3/22/11 1:59:41 PM 16. The Lynching Controversy and Durand’s Fate 256 17. The Mysterious Fate of Lon Maxwell 277 Epilogue: The Story Life of the Maxwell Brothers 291 Acknowledgments 311 Notes 315 Bibliography 367 Index 381 Illustrations follow pages 108 and 218. i-xvi_1-408_Hall.indd 10 3/22/11 1:59:41 PM ...

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