Background
Shirley, Glenn Dean was born on December 9, 1916 in Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Ellis Dean and Effie Teresa (Knorr) Shirley.
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Marauders of the Indian Nations: The Bill Cook Gang and Cherokee Bill 1st edition by Shirley, Glenn (1994) Hardcover
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Belle Starr and Her Times: The Literature, the Facts, and the Legends Reprint edition by Shirley, Glenn (1990) Paperback
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They Outrobbed Them All: The Rise and Fall of the Vicious Martins 1st edition by Shirley, Glenn (1992) Hardcover
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Temple Houston: Lawyer With a Gun
( A lively biography of Sam Houston’s illustrious son Th...)
A lively biography of Sam Houston’s illustrious son The youngest son of General Sam Houston and Margaret Lea Houston, Temple Lea Houston lived his comparatively short life fast and hard. From 1881 to 1905, he was one of the Southwest’s most brilliant, eccentric, and widely known criminal lawyers. This is the story of Temple Houston’s decision to give up a political future in Texas, escape the shadow of his famous father, and seek fame and fortune in Oklahoma Territory. In several high-profile cases, Houston earned fame as a silver-tongued defense attorney. His clients were murderers, cattle thieves, gunfighters, and prostitutes. The writer Edna Ferber later immortalized Houston by using him as the model for Yancey Cravat, the glittering hero of her novel Cimarron. This carefully researched biography is enriched with lively narratives of the colorful events and characters that brightened territorial days. A vivid story colorfully told, Temple Houston is western Americana at its best.
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Marauders of the Indian Nations: The Bill Cook Gang and Cherokee Bill
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Outlaw queen: The fantastic true story of Belle Starr, the most notorious gun-girl in the West (Monarch Americana series)
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Six-gun and Silver Star
(Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, ...)
Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 1955. 1st Edition, Hardbound, 8vo (9.25 inches tall), 235 pages. Index, bibliography.
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Gunfight at Ingalls: Death of an Outlaw Town
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Hardcover; Fine; Signed by Author; Dust Jacket - Like New; 180 pp., index, bibliography, photographs, maps. A fine tight copy in a fine bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A fascinating read about a outlaw town in Oklahoma, it's settlers and one of the West's most violent gangs. A great read and a scarce title in this condition.
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Henry Starr : Last of the Real Badmen
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Heck Thomas, Frontier Marshal: The Story Of A Real Gunfighter by Shirley, Glenn (2011) Paperback
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Belle Starr and Her TImes, The Literature, the Facts and the Legends
(Who was Belle Starr? What was she that so many myths surr...)
Who was Belle Starr? What was she that so many myths surround her? Born is Carthage Missouri in 1848, the daughter of a well to do hotel owner, she died forty one years later , gunned down near her cabin in the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. After her death she was called "a Bandit Queen," "a Female Jessie James" " the Petticoat Terror of the Plains". Fantastic legends proliferated about her. In this book Glenn Shirley sifts through those myths and unearths the facts.
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Purple Sage: The Exploits, Adventures, and Writings of Patrick Sylvester McGeeney
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Hardcover; Fine; Signed by Author; Dust Jacket - Like New; 202 pp., index, frontis portrait, photographs. A fine unread copy in a fine bright dust jacket. Flat SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR with no inscriptions. A fascinating read about a lawman whose many adventures are brought back to life after being rediscovered by the author.
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{ TEMPLE HOUSTON: LAWYER WITH A GUN } Shirley, Glenn ( AUTHOR ) Mar-01-2010 Paperback
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Last of the real badmen : Henry Starr
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Born to kill: He blazed a trail of death and terror across fourteen states (Monarch Americana series)
(Gun-crazy, mad-dog terrorist Billy Cook leads police on a...)
Gun-crazy, mad-dog terrorist Billy Cook leads police on a chase through 14 states and Mexico, uncovering in his wake six murders and as many kidnappings.
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They Outrobbed Them All: The Rise and Fall of the Vicious Martins
(Stillwater, Oklahoma: Barbed Wire Press, 1992. 1st Editio...)
Stillwater, Oklahoma: Barbed Wire Press, 1992. 1st Edition, so stated, Hardbound, 8vo (8.75 inches tall), 122 pages. Notes, bibliography, index. decorated endpapers.
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Thirteen Days of Terror: The Rufus Buck Gang in Indian Territory
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Book by Shirley, Glenn
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Pawnee Bill: a biography of Major Gordon W. Lillie
(Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, ...)
Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 1958. 1st Edition, so stated, Hardbound, 8vo (9.25 inches tall), 256 pages. Index, bibliography.
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Henry Starr, the last of the real badmen
(Hardcover; Fine; Dust Jacket - Very Good; 208 pp., index,...)
Hardcover; Fine; Dust Jacket - Very Good; 208 pp., index, notes, photographs. A fine, tight, unmarked copy in a very + unclipped dust jacket. Henry Starr, part Cherokee Indian, part white. was the most unusual train and bank robbing outlaw ever to run loose in America.Well researched and written by the author.
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Temple Houston: Lawyer With a Gun 1st edition by Shirley, Glenn (1980) Hardcover
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Guardian of the Law: The Life and Times of William Matthew Tilghman (1854-1924)
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Gunfight at Ingalls: Death of an Outlaw Town 1st edition by Shirley, Glenn (1990) Hardcover
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Belle Starr and Her Times: The Literature, the Facts, and the Legends
( Who was Belle Starr? What was she that so many myths su...)
Who was Belle Starr? What was she that so many myths surround her? Born in Carthage, Missouri, in 1848, the daughter of a well-to-do hotel owner, she died forty-one years later, gunned down near her cabin in the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. After her death she was called a bandit queen,” a female Jesse James,” the Petticoat Terror of the Plains.” Fantastic legends proliferated about her. In this book Glenn Shirley sifts through those myths and unearths the facts. In a highly readable and informative style Shirley presents a complex and intriguing portrait. Belle Starr loved horses, music, the outdoors-and outlaws. Familiar with some of the worst bad men of her day, she was, however, convicted of no crime worse than horse thievery. Shirley also describes the historical context in which Belles Starr lived. After knowing the violence of the Civil War as a child in the Ozarks, She moves to Dallas in the 1860s and married a former Confederate guerilla who specialized in armed robbery. After he was killed, she found a home among renegade Cherokees in the Indian Territory, on her second husband’s allotment. She traveled as far west as Los Angeles to escape the law and as far north as Detroit to go to jail. She married three times and had two children, whom she idolized and tormented. Ironically she was shot when she had decided to go straight, probably murdered by a neighbor who feared that she would turn him in to the police. This book will find a wide readership among western-history and outlaw buffs, folklorists, sociologists, and regional historians. Shirley’s summary of the literature about Belle Starr is as interesting as the true story of Belle herself, who has become the West’s best-known woman outlaw.
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Heck Thomas, Frontier Marshal: The Story Of A Real Gunfighter
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Pawnee Bill: A Biography of Major Gordon W. Lillie- White Chief of the Pawnees, Wild West Showman, Last of the Land Boomers
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- PAWNEE BILL A Biography of Major Gordon W. Lillie White Chief of the Pawnees Wild West Showman Last of the Land Boomers
- Pawnee Bill: A Biography of Major Gordon W. Lillie (Book by Shirley, Glenn)
- Pawnee Bill: A Biography of Major Gordon W. Lillie (Book by Shirley, Glenn)
- Law west of Fort Smith: A history of frontier justice in the Indian Territory, 1834-1896 (A Bison book, BB 392)
- Buckskin and Spurs: A Gallery of Frontier Rogues and Heroes (Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition. Book has foxing at fr...)
- Law West of Fort Smith: A History of Frontier Justice in Indian Territory 1834-1896 (Centering on the career of "Hanging Judge" Isaa...)
- Law west of Fort Smith: A history of frontier justice in the Indian Territory, 1834-1896 (A Bison Book)
- TEMPLE HOUSTON, LAWYER WITH A GUN. A Biography of Sam Houston's Son
- Red yesterdays (Event filled rise of Indian Territory as the 46th star. O...)
- Law West Of Fort Smith A History Of Frontier Justice In The Indian Territory 1834-1896 - Scholar's Choice Edition (This work has been selected by scholars as being cultural...)
- Heck Thomas, frontier marshal;: The story of a real gunfighter (Biography. First edition stated. Gray cloth covers very n...)
- Law west of Fort Smith;: A history of frontier justice in the Indian Territory, 1834-1896 (Stated first edition bound in brown cloth. A VG+ copy in ...)
- Temple Houston Lawyer with a Gun (By: G. Shirley) published: July, 2010
- Temple Houston: Lawyer with a Gun (A lively biography of Sam Houston’s illustrious son The y...)
Glenn Dean Shirley
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Glenn Dean Shirley, American writer. Recipient Oklahoma Literary Endeavor award, 1960, American's Star award United States Marshal Service, 1989, Professional Writing award University Oklahoma, 1990; inducted into Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, 1981, Oklahoma Professional Writers Hall of Fame, 1992.
Education
Diploma, Institute for Advanced Study School Criminology, 1937. Diploma, New York Institute Photography, 1941. Diploma, International Criminologist School, Seattle, 1948.
Diploma, Delehanty Institute, 1949. Diploma, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1950. Bachelor of Laws, LaSalle University, Chicago, 1940.
Career
Captain, assistant chief, Stillwater Police Department, (Oklahoma), 1936-1957; criminal deputy, Payne County Sheriff' General’ s Office, 1957-1959; assistant chief security, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 1959-1969; publications specialist, assistant director, Oklahoma State University Press, 1969-1979; retired, Oklahoma State University Press, 1980; freelance writer, Stillwater, since 1980; now history consultant, Western Publs., public True West, Old West magazines, Stillwater lecturer in field.
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Belle Starr and Her Times: The Literature, the Facts, and the Legends
( Who was Belle Starr? What was she that so many myths su...)
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Belle Starr and Her TImes, The Literature, the Facts and the Legends
(Who was Belle Starr? What was she that so many myths surr...)
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Temple Houston: Lawyer With a Gun
( A lively biography of Sam Houston’s illustrious son Th...)
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Temple Houston: Lawyer with a Gun
( A lively biography of Sam Houston’s illustrious son Th...)
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Born to kill: He blazed a trail of death and terror across fourteen states (Monarch Americana series)
(Gun-crazy, mad-dog terrorist Billy Cook leads police on a...)
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Law West Of Fort Smith A History Of Frontier Justice In The Indian Territory 1834-1896 - Scholar's Choice Edition
( This work has been selected by scholars as being cultur...)
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Gunfight at Ingalls: Death of an Outlaw Town
(Hardcover; Fine; Signed by Author; Dust Jacket - Like New...)
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Purple Sage: The Exploits, Adventures, and Writings of Patrick Sylvester McGeeney
(Hardcover; Fine; Signed by Author; Dust Jacket - Like New...)
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Six-gun and Silver Star
(Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, ...)
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Pawnee Bill: a biography of Major Gordon W. Lillie
(Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, ...)
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Red yesterdays
(Event filled rise of Indian Territory as the 46th star. O...)
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Law West of Fort Smith: A History of Frontier Justice in Indian Territory 1834-1896
(Centering on the career of "Hanging Judge" Isaac C. Parke...)
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Henry Starr, the last of the real badmen
(Hardcover; Fine; Dust Jacket - Very Good; 208 pp., index,...)
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They Outrobbed Them All: The Rise and Fall of the Vicious Martins
(Stillwater, Oklahoma: Barbed Wire Press, 1992. 1st Editio...)
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Law west of Fort Smith;: A history of frontier justice in the Indian Territory, 1834-1896
(Stated first edition bound in brown cloth. A VG+ copy in ...)
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Pawnee Bill: A Biography of Major Gordon W. Lillie
(Book by Shirley, Glenn)
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Pawnee Bill: A Biography of Major Gordon W. Lillie
(Book by Shirley, Glenn)
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Thirteen Days of Terror: The Rufus Buck Gang in Indian Territory
(Book by Shirley, Glenn)
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Buckskin and Spurs: A Gallery of Frontier Rogues and Heroes
(Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition. Book has foxing at fr...)
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Heck Thomas, frontier marshal;: The story of a real gunfighter
(Biography. First edition stated. Gray cloth covers very n...)
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Pawnee Bill: A Biography of Major Gordon W. Lillie- White Chief of the Pawnees, Wild West Showman, Last of the Land Boomers
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- PAWNEE BILL A Biography of Major Gordon W. Lillie White Chief of the Pawnees Wild West Showman Last of the Land Boomers
- Marauders of the Indian Nations: The Bill Cook Gang and Cherokee Bill 1st edition by Shirley, Glenn (1994) Hardcover
- Law west of Fort Smith: A history of frontier justice in the Indian Territory, 1834-1896 (A Bison book, BB 392)
- Belle Starr and Her Times: The Literature, the Facts, and the Legends Reprint edition by Shirley, Glenn (1990) Paperback
- They Outrobbed Them All: The Rise and Fall of the Vicious Martins 1st edition by Shirley, Glenn (1992) Hardcover
- Marauders of the Indian Nations: The Bill Cook Gang and Cherokee Bill
- Outlaw queen: The fantastic true story of Belle Starr, the most notorious gun-girl in the West (Monarch Americana series)
- Henry Starr : Last of the Real Badmen
- Heck Thomas, Frontier Marshal: The Story Of A Real Gunfighter by Shirley, Glenn (2011) Paperback
- Law west of Fort Smith: A history of frontier justice in the Indian Territory, 1834-1896 (A Bison Book)
- { TEMPLE HOUSTON: LAWYER WITH A GUN } Shirley, Glenn ( AUTHOR ) Mar-01-2010 Paperback
- Last of the real badmen : Henry Starr
- TEMPLE HOUSTON, LAWYER WITH A GUN. A Biography of Sam Houston's Son
- Temple Houston: Lawyer With a Gun 1st edition by Shirley, Glenn (1980) Hardcover
- Guardian of the Law: The Life and Times of William Matthew Tilghman (1854-1924)
- Gunfight at Ingalls: Death of an Outlaw Town 1st edition by Shirley, Glenn (1990) Hardcover
- Temple Houston Lawyer with a Gun (By: G. Shirley) published: July, 2010
- Heck Thomas, Frontier Marshal: The Story Of A Real Gunfighter
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Belle Starr and Her Times: The Literature, the Facts, and the Legends
Membership
Member Oklahoma Writers Federation (past president, life member), Indian Territory Posse Westerners (past president), Western Writers American, Western History Association, National Association Outlaw and Lawman History, Oklahoma Heritage Association, Institute Great Plains, Associates Western History Collections (trustee), National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Associates of Western History Collections of the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State History Society, Kansas State History Society, Montana State History Society.
Connections
Married Carrie Mabel Jacob, 1946. Children: Glenda Lea, Kenneth Ellis.
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American
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1937
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1941
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1948
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1940
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1957 - 1959
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1959 - 1969
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Recipient Oklahoma Literary Endeavor award, 1960, American's Star award United States Marshal Service, 1989, Professional Writing award University Oklahoma, 1990. Inducted into Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, 1981, Oklahoma Professional Writers Hall of Fame, 1992.Recipient Oklahoma Literary Endeavor award, 1960, American's Star award United States Marshal Service, 1989, Professional Writing award University Oklahoma, 1990. Inducted into Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, 1981, Oklahoma Professional Writers Hall of Fame, 1992.