Format:
Video disc
Title:
Legends of the old West : stories of the century.
Other title(s):
Stories of the century
Classic Western series
Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, [2011-2012]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (approximately 1092 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from disc surface.
Contents:
[Disc 1] : Billy the Kid -- The Wild Bunch of Wyoming -- Chief Crazy Horse -- Sam Bass -- Bill Longley -- The Doolin Gang -- Black Jack Ketchum -- John Wesley Hardin -- Nate Champion -- Rube Burrows -- Sontag and Evans -- Frank and Jesse James -- The Dalton Gang -- Cherokee Bill -- Henry Plummer -- Tom Horn -- Kate Bender -- Jim Courtright -- Augustine Chacon -- Joaquin Murietta -- L.H. Musgrove.
[Disc 2] : Doc Holliday -- Geronimo -- Black Jack -- Johnny Ringo -- Judge Roy Bean: the eyes of Texas -- Jack Slade -- Belle Starr -- Tiburcio Vasquez -- Ben Thompson -- Burt Alvord -- Harry Tracy -- Quantrill and his Raiders -- Black Bart -- Apache Kid -- Cattle Kate -- clay Allison -- Little Britches -- The Younger Brothers -- Judge Roy Bean: Sunburnt Gold -- Tom Bell -- Miilt Sharp.
Summary:
A collection of episodes from Stories of the century, based on official newspaper files and records, that revolved around a duo of railroad detectives, Matt Clark and Frankie Adams, sent to protect the Southwestern Railroad from evildoers. The detectives worked to guard the train and its passengers from robbery by both Indians and bandits alike. Each episode focused on a different real life western desperado including: Belle Star, Billy the Kid, Crazy Horse, Black Jack, Frank and Jesse James, The Younger Brothers, Doc Holliday, and Black Bart.
Reading Level:
Not rated.
Subject(s):
Added Corporate Author:
Added Uniform Title:
Stories of the century (Television program)
Judge Roy Bean (Television program)