The Outlaws: Sam (Outlaws)

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Book #3 in this trilogy.......2007-08-15

Book #1 was Rafe
Book #2 was Jess

Sam's story is centered on a ranch he happens to come across needing "help."

Turns out the owner of the ranch, Lacey,is his long lost....wife.

It doesn't take him long to MOVE INTO the main house, let me tell you! He quickly becomes the ranch foreman, etc.

This book finally gets all the brothers reunited. Jess turns out to be VERY busy delivering BABIES.

Nice read!

The absolute best if the "Outlaw" trilogy. I loved it!.......2003-08-08

The story line is well defined by the other reviews. The 3 brother in this saga are each so very different and likeable in their own right but the delightful and unusual aspect that comes thru loud and clear with each of them is there love and loyalty to each other and the integrity with which they serve their beliefs. The heroines are also very unique in personality but somehow they each find the right Gentry brother. I rated (the books) Rafe 3, Jess 4 and Sam a 5-6 easily.The last chapter when they each reunite is so beautifully written you can feel the emotion. It "tied" up the stories perfectly. I'm not a big "western" fan but I really enjoyed this set.

The Outlaws: Sam.......2001-10-29

Ok I admit it, I'm a Connie Mason Junkie! I love all of her books. I've read and reread them so often I've had to replace them all once!
This is the third and final part of the Outlaw series. The two other brothers, Rafe and Jess, have found wonderful brides who can be gentle and strong at the same time and who have lead them on merry chases. Well Sam already had a bride but told no one of her. They met during the Civil War and were lost to each other soon after marrying. They were betrayed but Sam blames Lacey for it all and Lacey is told that Sam was killed in the war. Sam shows up to work on a ranch and finds that Lacey is the owner. But that's not the biggest suprise, he finds that she has a son who he believes to be the one she had with the man who betrayed him. She knows that her son is Sam's but she is so afraid that he will take him from her she doesn't tell him. She is engaged to marry another man but only to save her ranch. Sam throws a wrench into her plans but she soon discovers that she loves that wrench. Sam struggles with his feelings for her and for the boy who even though there is still a lingering doubt of his parentage, he is starting to love and consider his own.

There are a couple of obsticals in Sam's way though of claiming Lacey and her son, the warrent for his arrest for bank robbery is one, even though he knows he is innocent, and the man who Lacey was to marry. He must fight all of this to win her back.

I loved this book and was so happy to find out how the other brothers were doing at the end also. Connie makes her characters seem like part of your own family. I would highly recommend this book as well as anything else she has written. You'll love them.

Where's the romance?.......2001-07-11

If you want a how to on how to skip all romance and jump straight into the sack then this book is for you. It's also for you if you want to read about a weak willed ninny who doesn't even like her ex, says "no", but still is willing to romp at every opportunity. I always believed "NO" meant just that, but if you buy into this story it proves "no" means "yes" just because he wants it to. The characters jumped around from aggrivating to confused and never really developed an identity of their own. I enjoyed Rafe, it's sad this turned out to be such a loser.

The author saved the best for last!.......2001-06-22

Here is book three of The Outlaws Saga! Sam Gentry did not know that he and his two brothers had been cleared of the bank robbery charges. He ended u in Denison, Texas. Low on funds, he accepted the ranch hand position when Rusty offered. However, he never dreamed of who owned it.

Lacey Gentry owned the B&G Ranch. She had a five year old son, Andy, who was her spitting image. Andy was her reason for living! Six years ago she had been married to Sam, during the war. She had not known her father intended to turn Sam over to the enemy until it was too late! She believed Sam had died during transport to a prison. Therefore, she was shocked to see him stride into her office as a new employee! Worse, he believed she had been the one to betray him! He also believed Andy was the result of lovers she had taken after she thought him dead.

Of course, finding out her husband had never died meant he had abandoned her! Tempers were hot on both sides, but so was their passion for each other! However, the ranch was in financial trouble. Lacey had become engaged to her awful neighbor, Taylor Cramer, to save the ranch and have a secure future for Andy. When Taylor found out his fiancé was still married, he set out to get rid of Sam!

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The legendary Sam Bass refused to give up his companions to the trailing lawmen. In 1878, the chase ended with the famous gunfight on the streets of Round Rock, Texas.

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Sam Bass & Gang.......2001-06-23

The book has great detail and many photos. I believe it to be a very good book and I enoyed it very much.

Confessions of a Dying Thief: Understanding Criminal Careers and Illegal Enterprise (New Lines in Criminology)

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Confessions of a Dying Thief: Understanding Criminal Careers and Illegal Enterprise (New Lines in Criminology)
Darrell J. Steffensmeier , and Jeffery T. Ulmer
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Double Cross: The Explosive, Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America
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In the no-holds-barred tradition of The Valachi Papers and Wiseguy, this insider expose of mob boss Sam Giancana, written by his brother Chuck and his godson Sam, blows the lid off some of the Mafia's most shocking secrets. Includes stunning first-time revelations concerning the deaths of JFK, Marilyn Monroe, and RFK. 16 pages of photographs.

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Great overview of the heyday of the Mob/Outift - CIA link to Kennedy's Assassination.......2007-05-19

To tell you the truth, I heard about this book for a few years before I found it in a Goodwill bookstore. Something you wouldn't normally find in a Christian store. Nevertheless, I was excited to see it for under $5, so I picked it up.

I was kinda interested in the book because I heard there were some links between the Mob/Outfit and the CIA and Kennedy's assassination. I was really intrigued. So, I read it.

The first bit is setting the stage for the main course of the book. Background and history of Sam and Chuck's upbringings, interactions, beatings, etc. Quite shocking to say the least. Now, the excessive violence of Sam is not something to be read by the squeamish. The language, and vulgarity is profuse in the book. In the context of the book, it is necessary though. To get the true nature of the man that was intimately involved in the climax of the mob's influence in America, and what we find out is around the world, too.

Nevertheless, we see Sam Giancana from the viewpoint of Chuck Giancana, Sam's little brother. Sam becomes Chuck's surrogate father because Sam is so violent, and insists he will take care of Chuck. So unsettling to realize how dysfunctional some families can actually be.

The multiple gory details of what Chuck saw is really unsettling. It is hard to imagine this happening between 50-60 years ago in America! Sex, drugs, music, adultery, spying, murder, intimidation, stealing, drug running, lottery rigging, loan sharking... the list goes on. Everything you've heard about that the Mob/Outfit does, he documents. Oh yeah, Marilyn Monroe is also in the book, related to the Mob/Outfit. Read it and find out!

The link to the CIA and John and Jack Kennedy is amazing. Truly a masterpiece written. I do believe that with the information coming out now about Kennedy's death - deathbed confessions of the real killer - will only strengthen this book's credibility. Not that it needs it, but will maybe perk up some onlookers to actually read it.

Enjoyed the book and strongly encourage those of you to pick it up.

Fact or fancy, readers must decide for themselves.......2006-08-03

I first read this book about ten years ago. I found it to be quite interesting, particularly the part which deals with the rise of organized crime in Chicago in the 1920s-30s. I didn't like the way the book was written, however, and I heavily discounted much of the latter part of the book because I couldn't believe that America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) would work hand-in-hand with organized crime, and because I, like most Americans, still held the Kennedys in high esteem. If I had read the "Authors' Note" in the front of the book, I probably wouldn't have been quite so critical as to how the book was written; and if I had known how corrupt Joseph P. Kennedy and his sons were I likely wouldn't have discounted much of what I did earlier. In any event, after reading two or three more recently published and thoroughly documented biographies of the Kennedys, I decided to go back and re-read and re-evaluate this book.

Based on this second reading, I have concluded that this book is one of three things: an accurate historical biography of Sam Giancana and his criminal empire as told from the perspective of his well informed younger brother, a historical novel, or a public service message and wake up call for all Americans. Perhaps it is a combination of all three. My inclination is to believe that most of the information contained in the book is true, but I still find the latter part of the book, that which deals with the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and his brother, Robert, to be somewhat hard to believe.

Organized crime has a long standing reputation for taking care of its friends and an equally well earned reputation for taking care of its enemies; so it's not hard to believe that Sam Giancana orchestrated these murders, as well as that of Marilyn Monroe. But, I still find it hard to believe that two future presidents and high ranking officials in the CIA knew about or were parties to these happenings. Or maybe I just don't want to believe it.

In any case, since I can't figure it out, my suggestion is to read this book along with two others and then make up your own mind. Those books are: "Joseph P. Kennedy: The Mogul, the Mob, the Statesman, and the Making of an American Myth" by Ted Schwarz and "The Dark Side of Camelot" by Seymour M. Hersh.

(By the way, ex-sailors will particularly enjoy this book since the crude language used by the mobsters will likely bring back a host of salty memories.)

Wake Up America! This Book Is Worth Consideration.......2006-06-25

Whilst I agree that this book is sensational and written to cash in on the Giancanna name, I would advise all of the reviewers who dismiss the JFK/MOB link to read up on Jim Garisson's investigation into the assassination and, no less, the Warren Commission Report as well.

Sure, Chuck Giancanna is a two-pit leech (by his own account), and Sam Giancanna probably had an ego the size of an elephant, but learn to weigh up the sources.

The lone-gunman theory that this book arguably sets up makes a hell of a lot of sense. A lot more sense, thank you very much, than one Lee Harvey Oswald being able to shoot so well from such a bad angle. Oh, and do any of the reviewers who pan this book know anything about the magic bullet theory, put forward by a so-called expert as "evidence" that there were only three shots fired at Kennedy?

Sam Giancanna may not have been as powerful as his brother makes out. He probably didn't sleep with MM the weekend before she died, but if you read the book by MM's former maid, Lena Pepertone (excuse the spelling), then you will know the conspiracy theory about MM's death should not be taken lightly either.

Read Jim Garrison's well-researched books on JFK and read the blessed Warran Commission Report, between the lines if you can, and you will find all the corroborating evidence you need to accept much of what is said about SG in this book.

A Good Read!!!! Reads Like a Novel!!.......2005-08-26

This book kept my interest through most of it and was a pretty easy read. While all the information in the book may not be true, it makes you wonder what parts are true.

I recommend this book for anyone, not just those interested in the mob.

Double-Cross.......2005-08-04

I'm sure some of the copy was embellished but the vast majority is as factual as you can get. Sam Giancana was a mobster but was a person also, the book brought out both sides. The New York mob has nothing on Chicago's.

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Best book ever.......2005-09-09

This is the best book Ive ever read! If you r 9-12 read it! youre smaller? get your parents to read it, both of u will injoy it!!! You will soon be transported on a fabulous boat full of nannies towards a billion adventures.

Those fabulous Little Darlings.......2005-08-21

I loved this book which is aimed at an juvenile audience but so full of wry humor that adults will be thoroughly entertained. If you adore the Lemony Snicket books, you'll like this one!

Great fun to read.......2005-07-14

I read this book outloud to my 9 1/2 year old daughter who hung on every word. It was an unusual plot, and of course, it was fun to see that the kids can outsmart the adults at almost every turn. All of the characters were interesting and quirky but believable also. This is a really good book to read together but kids would enjoy it on their own too.

Do you want to laugh outloud?.......2005-04-01

This is the funniest book I've read in a long time and I read LOTS of books! Daisy, Cassian, and Primrose Darling have a father and stepmother who don't pay attention to them and they hate nannies. They have gotten rid of every single nanny they've been given so far --- and plan to keep doing that -- that is until Nanny Pete who is really a burgler comes to take care of them. The kids go on a fantastic adventure. Just wait until you see how! I love this book and hope there is another one coming soon very very soon.

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In the throes of the depression, America's heartland lay under seige to gangsters. When John Dillinger and Baby-Face Nelson slipped through the police barricade at Little Bohemia, Wisconsin in 1934, Hoover picked a former missionary from Preston, Idaho to lead the government assault on Chicago-area gangs: Sam Cowley.

Here is a window to Sam Cowley's life—his selfless partiotism, courage, and leadership. Reading this book, you'll come to know a friend and a hero worthy of the title—a hero for the ages. And you'll have one blazing story worth telling around the campfire—a scoutmaster's classic.

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Sam Bass
Wayne Gard
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"The world is bobbing around," said Sam Bass the day he died. The day was Sunday, July 21, 1878—Sam's twenty-seventh birthday. Sam had done considerable bobbing around himself. He had been a cowboy, a gambler, a highwayman, and a train robber before he met his fate at Round Rock. His coups were many; his fame legendary. And the strangest thing of all is that he never killed a man until that last gunfight.

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Review of "Sam Bass" .......2004-12-08

Texas history is filled with people whose lives were made legendary. The stories of John Wesley Hardin, Judge Roy Bean, and Bonnie and Clyde to name a few, are so fascinating because they are true. Texas outlaw Sam Bass is no exception. A quiet Indiana farm boy who came to Texas looking for adventure, Bass soon turned to robbing stagecoaches and trains to whet his appetite for easy money and adventure. Loved by the public, feared by the transportation industry and hunted by the Texas Rangers, Sam Bass became a legend even before he met his death on a Round Rock, Texas street at the hands of the Rangers.

Depending on your purpose for reading this book, you will be either greatly entertained or left wondering how to separate fact from fiction. For those who seek the thrill of a larger than life, old west outlaw story, this is the book for you. For those who want an account of the life and times of Sam Bass for research purposes, this work contains a great deal of reliable information. However, the book is full of quotes and conversations that lack footnotes. One then has to suspect that the author may have taken it upon himself to fill in some gaps in the story.

At any rate, the book is well written and extremely captivating. Whether you are a Texas history buff or just a lover of a good old west novel, you will enjoy this biography of a real Texas legend.

Double Deal: The Inside Story of Murder, Unbridled Corruption, and the Cop Who Was a Mobster

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Accurate
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Growing up poor and angry, Michael Corbitt fought his way up the ranks of greasers and street gangs until he attracted the attention of Chicago crime boss Sam Giancana, who placed him on the Willow Springs, Illinois, police force. By the time he was appointed chief of police, he'd also moved up the Outfit's ranks to live the high life of a respected mobster.Corbitt's luck turned when he was indicted on charges of racketeering and conspiracy to murder. Although he faced a twenty-year sentence, he refused to testify against organized crime figures under the witness protection program, maintaining instead the mafioso's code of silence.

Now Corbitt breaks that silence. Making no excuses for his dual existence, he bares his soul, confessing in graphic detail a life lived as both saint and sinner, a life that moves back and forth between the worlds of policeofficer and gangster with schizophrenic ease. Michael Corbitt recounts a life in the fast lane, where a new breed of wiseguys walks a tight rope of intrigue that spans thirty years and stretches around the globe from the Bay of Pigs to Iran Contra.

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Accurate.......2003-12-01

As a life long resident of the SW side of Chicago I was able to corroborate many of the accounts Mr. Corbitt gives in Double Deal. Many of the "baby boomers" who were "in the Know" from my area stated that Mr. Corbitt was a very influential gangster associate on the SW side. The man was heavy and dangerous. He killed people,but many were in the line of duty. He also made it very clear in the book that he wasn't an angel.The man gives some very accurate accounts of his life and experiences

If you like "true" gangster stories. . ........2003-10-01

. . .you may wish to spend some time with this book.

The book tells the story of a small-time hood who, due to friends, and not really to any talent of his own, becomes a moderately significant figure in Chicagoland organized crime in the 60's, 70's, and 80's.

Believe me, the main character (and co-author) Michael Corbitt is not really a likeable or sympathetic character. What I found most interesting about the book was the willingness of law enforcement -- on all levels, including the prosecutors who eventually brought him in -- to behave in ways quite similar to those "mobsters" they are trying to control.

There are truly no real "good guys" in this book.

As I said, if you like this genre, the book is worth reading. If the genre doesn't interest you, "The Godfather" is a much better story!

Sleazy Loser Tries to Cash In.......2003-09-20

They might have a great sense of humor, or love their mother or support various charities, but in the end, most are cold-blooded murderers.

That descripion only fits the top mob bosses. Scummier still are the average hoodlums that make up a crime organization and that's where Michael Corbitt fits in. A street thug ends up making a few friends that help buy a corrupt gas station business. Next thing that happens is that he joins a corrup police force in Illinois and when the drunken chief retires, he is made chief.

Eventually, the law and his fellow sleazebags catch up with Corbitt so here comes his book. Sure, the book is interesting, but Corbitt was never a main man. He was just a very small player in a much larger organization. What's shocking is that he was able to so as a top police official in Illinois, but given some history in that state, how surprising is it?

To summarize the book, you will find that Corbitt has killed people, he helped cover up a murder, he was involved in all kinds of other corrupt illegal activity, he stole millions from the taxpayers of his community.

Somehow I'm supposed to feel sorry for this scumbag or have sympathy for him?

Great book...........2003-09-03

This was a great read. I live right in Chicago, near Oak Park, so this was especially of interest to me. Iam not sure if its all true or not, but if it is, it makes a lot of sense. This book offers lots of explanations, i.e. Marilyn Monroe, Kennedy assasination,etc. and once you read them, they really make you think.

WILD SIDE.......2003-08-20

AS A BIG FAN OF MR GIANCANA THE (AUTHOR) I FIND IT AMAZING THAT HE IS ABLE TO FIND THIES PEOPLE TO WRITE ABOUT. THIS STORY WAS ONE THAT KEPT YOU TRUNING THE PAGES AND NOT WANTING IT TO END.THIS WAS AS GOOD OR BETTER THEN GOODFELLOWS AND CORBITT MUCH MORE INTRESTING THEN HENRY HILL THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE CHICAGO CREW AND MOSSAD AND OTHER HISTORIC FIGURES MAKES ME THINK THAT IF GIANCANA AND CORBITT ARE NOT BEING SUED THEM MUCH OF THIS MUST BE TRUE.MAKES YOU THINK? GREAT READ!

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How I Covered Sam Bass: A Novel Based on the Adventures of an Intrepid Reporter Who Trailed the Famous Outlaw

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