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Featured Old West Writter
JOHN KOBLAS
"Award Winning Author and Journalist"
Click a book title for further information:
Jesse James Ate Here •
The Ninth Man • When
the Heavens Fell
Cole Younger & Frank James Wild West Show
• Faithful Unto Death
NEW!
Robbers of the Rails. The Sontag Boys of
Minnesota.
Brief Background
John Koblas is one of the most dynamic, interesting and
prolific writers in the outlaw genre and is the foremost
authority on the James-Younger Gang's exploits in Minnesota.
Among his other biographical works are six books on the
lives of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis. He was chosen
by the Postmaster General to present the Sinclair Lewis stamp
at its First Day of Issue ceremony and has been a featured
guest on national television shows including Good Morning
America and CBS Sunday Morning.
Koblas is the author of more than 500 short stories,
articles, and poems published worldwide, a nationally
syndicated column, and feature stories for the Daytona
Beach News-Journal.
John Koblas has appeared throughout the country giving
speeches to outlaw/lawmen groups, civic clubs and library
associations.He was the 2001 recipient of the Charlie Pitts
award and is an honorary member of the James-Younger Gang in
Northfield. He is also a member of both the national
James-Younger Gang and the National Outlaw and Lawman
Association (N.O.L.A.).
Mr. Koblas recently wrote a book about the Sontag Brothers,
who were raised in Mankato, Minnesota and later in life became
California train robbers.
Included in his works are two books about Col Dickison, a
Confederate colonel during the Civil War:
"The Swamp Fox of the Confederacy" "Swamp Fox and
the Columbine"
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Outlaw Books of Note
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Jesse James Ate Here.
Over the years many stories have reported of where Jesse
James was before and after the gang's raid on the bank at
Northfield, Minnesota.
Here is a collection of all the
reports that have surfaced, some factual, some not.
Included is information discussing whether or not a
particular account is accurate or just something that has
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Confessions of The Ninth Man.
In September of 1876 a daring holdup occured at the First
National Bank of Northfield. A holdup attempted by 8 men.
Or was there a Ninth Man?
This book explores the claim made
in 1913 of a man saying that his name is Bill Stiles and
he was part of the gang that fateful day. |
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Recently,
Confessions of The Ninth Man was filmed as a
documentary by the Old West Society of Minnesota.
The soundtrack featuring both tradional and new songs
was recorded by The Riverboat Cowboys, Lonesome Ron and
Carol Gappa.
The Confessions of the Ninth Man DVD is now
available at your local bookstore.
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When The Heavens Fell.
On November 14, 1876, Cole, Jim and Bob Younger were
arraigned in Rice County District Court in Faribault,
Minnesota.
The three brothers had been part of a gang assault on the
First National Bank of Northfield, Minnesota, on September 7,
1876.
When the Heavens Fell tells the story of the Younger
Brothers' life behind bars in the Stillwater State Prison.
The Cole Younger & Frank James Historical Wild West Show.
By 1903, Cole Younger had served 25 years in prison and
was finally pardoned. That year he met up with Frank
James, who had earlier been acquitted of all crimes.
Together they laid the plans to form the Great Cole Younger
& Frank James Historical Wild West Show.
This book involves the two aging outlaws who decided to
cash in on their notoriety by touring the country in their
wild west show.
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Faithful Unto Death.
Faithful Unto Death is the
most accurate and detailed history yet written of the 1876
James-Younger raid on the First National Bank of
Northfield, Minnesota.
Now, on the 125th anniversary of
the defeat of the gang, author John Koblas provides a
detailed compilation of the known facts surrounding the
foiled robbery. |
NEW!!
Robbers of the Rails: The Sontag Boys of Minnesota.
The Sontag Brothers were born in Mankato, Minnesota
during the Civil War years of the 1860's. John Sontag,
after becoming of age, went to California where he worked
for the railroad and, for a time, operated a livery stable
with partner Chris Evans. Eventually the two of them
decided to pursue the occupation of robbing trains.
George began a life of crime early when, at 15 years of
age, he was sent to reform school for the theft of cigars. He
would later join his brother and Chris Evans to become the
train robbing outlaw gang of Sontag and Evans.
Robbers of the Rails traces the humble beginning of
the Sontag Brothers in the Minnesota River Valley to their
life as feared bandits who terrorized the railroads of
California.
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