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• Thugs and Communists: An Exposition on the Disastrous Genetic Effects of the Thugs and Communists Murdering, and the Revelation of the Spurious Philosophic Foundation of Communism (Long Island City, NY: Public Opinion, 1959), by Louis Zoul (with supplementary materials inserted: page images at HathiTrust)
• Illustrations of the History and Practices of the Thugs, and Notices of Some of the Proceedings of the Government of India, for the Suppression of the Crime of Thuggee (London: W. H. Allen and co., 1837), by Edward Thornton
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• Lives and Exploits of the Most Noted Highwaymen, Robbers, and Murderers, of All Nations: Drawn From the Most Authentic Sources and Brought Down to the Present Time (Hartford: E. Strong, 1836), by Charles Whitehead (page images at HathiTrust)
• Authentic History of Sam Bass and His Gang (originally published 1878, attributed to "A Citizen of Denton County" and later to Bates; reprinted Bandera, TX: Frontier Times, 1950), by Edmond Franklin Bates (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Life and Adventures of Sam Bass, the Notorious Union Pacific and Texas Train Robber (Dallas: Dallas Commercial Steam Print, 1878)
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• Three Months Passed in the Mountains East of Rome, During the Year 1819 (1820), by Maria Callcott
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• Sam Bass, the Train Robber: The Life of Texas' Most Popular Bandit (published under "Harvey N. Castleman" pseudonym; Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1944), by Vance Randolph
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• Jack Harkaway and His Son's Adventures in Australia (complete; Chicago: M. A. Donohue and Co., n.d.), by Bracebridge Hemyng (page images at HathiTrust)

• In Bad Company, and Other Stories (London and New York: Macmillan, 1901), by Rolf Boldrewood (page images at HathiTrust)
• In Bad Company, and Other Stories (London and New York: Macmillan, 1903), by Rolf Boldrewood (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Robbery Under Arms, by Rolf Boldrewood (Gutenberg text)

• A General and True History of the Lives and Actions of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers, &c.; To Which Is Added, A Genuine Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the Most Noted Pirates, Interspersed With Several Remarkable Tryals of the Most Notorious Malefactors, at the Sessions-House in the Old Baily, London (work often attributed to Defoe; Birmingham: Printed by R. Walker, 1742), by Charles Johnson, contrib. by Daniel Defoe (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard: Containing a Particular Account of His Many Robberies and Escapes (anonymously published, but often attributed to Defoe; London: J. Apledee et al., n.d.), contrib. by Daniel Defoe (Gutenberg text)

• Life and Adventures of Richard Turpin, a Most Notorious Highwayman: Comprising a Particular Account of All His Robberies, His Ride to York, and His Trial and Execution for Horse-Stealing, April 7th, 1739 (London: W. S. Fortey, n.d.)
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• The Life of Dick Turpin (Devonport: S. and J. Keys, ca. 1840) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Beggar's Opera, by John Gay
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• The Robber: A Tale (new edition; London: G. Routledge and Sons, ca. 1872), by G. P. R. James
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• Black Bess, or, The Knight of the Road: A Tale of the Good Old Times (bound into in 3 volumes; London: E. Harrison, ca. 1867), by Edward Viles (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Life of Richard Palmer, Better Known as Dick Turpin, the Notorious Highwayman and Robber: Including His Numerous Exploits, Adventures, and Hair-Breadth Escapes, Trial and Execution; With Notices of Many of His Contemporaries (London: T. White, 1839), by Henry Downes Miles
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• Rookwood, by William Harrison Ainsworth (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Life on the Road, or, Claude, Turpin, and Jack: Being a Complete Account of the Most Daring Adventures of the Notorious Highwaymen, Claude Duval, Dick Turpin, and Sixteen-String Jack (9th edition; New York: R. M. De Witt, n.d.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Blue Dwarf: A Tale of Love, Mystery, and Crime, Introducing Many Startling Incidents in the Life of That Celebrated Highwayman, Dick Turpin (3 volumes in 1; London: Hogarth House, ca. 1870), by Percy B. St. John (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Blue Dwarf: A Tale of Love, Mystery, and Crime, Introducing Many Startling Incidents in the Life of That Celebrated Highwayman, Dick Turpin (3 volumes in 1; London: Hogarth House, ca. 1870), by Percy B. St. John (page images at HathiTrust)

• Life and Adventures of Richard Turpin, a Most Notorious Highwayman: Comprising a Particular Account of All His Robberies, His Ride to York, and His Trial and Execution for Horse-Stealing, April 7th, 1739 (London: W. S. Fortey, n.d.)
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• The Life of Dick Turpin (Devonport: S. and J. Keys, ca. 1840) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Life on the Road, or, Claude, Turpin, and Jack: Being a Complete Account of the Most Daring Adventures of the Notorious Highwaymen, Claude Duval, Dick Turpin, and Sixteen-String Jack (9th edition; New York: R. M. De Witt, n.d.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The White Rocks: or, The Robbers' Den: A Tragedy of the Mountains (Philadelphia: Keystone Pub. Co., 1890), by A. F. Hill (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The White Rocks: or, The Robbers' Den: A Tragedy of the Mountains (Morgantown: Morgantown Printing and Binding Co., 1915), by A. F. Hill (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century, by Georgette Heyer (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century (1921 Houghton Mifflin edition, with added illustrations), by Georgette Heyer (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• The Peon Prince: or, Putnam Pomfret's Mexican Fortunes (London: G. Routledge and Sons, ca. 1862), by A. J. H. Duganne (PDF at Emory)

• Beverly of Graustark (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1904), by George Barr McCutcheon, illust. by Harrison Fisher (illustrated HTML and page images at Indiana)

• Robbers' Roost (1930-1932), by Zane Grey (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)

• Lives of the Most Remarkable Female Robbers (extracts from "A General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen"; London: A. Lemoine, 1801), by Charles Johnson (multiple formats at Google)

• Jack Harkaway Among the Brigands (Chicago: M. A. Donohue and Co., n.d.), by Bracebridge Hemyng (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jack Harkaway's Escape from the Brigands: Being the Conclusion of "Jack Harkaway Among the Brigands" (Chicago: M. A. Donohue and Co., n.d.), by Bracebridge Hemyng (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tom Tufton's Travels, by Evelyn Everett-Green (Gutenberg text)
• The Adventures of Jack Pomeroy: A Book for Boys, by Peter William Darnton (page images at ufl.edu)
• Billy Mink (Boston: Little, Brown,and Co., 1925), by Thornton W. Burgess, illust. by Harrison Cady (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Motor Girls Through New England: or, Held by the Gypsies (New York: Cupples and Leon, c1911), by Margaret Penrose (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Motor Girls Through New England: or, Held by the Gypsies (New York: Goldsmith Pub. Co., c1911), by Margaret Penrose (Gutenberg text)

• Narrative of the Life of James Allen, Alias George Walton, Alias Jonas Pierce, Alias James H. York, Alias Burley Grove, the Highwayman: Being His Death-Bed Confession, to the Warden of the Massachusetts State Prison (Boston: Harrington and Co., 1837), by James Allen (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Outlaws of Cave-in-Rock: Historical Accounts of the Famous Highwaymen and River Pirates Who Operated in Pioneer Days Upon the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and Over the Old Natchez Trace (Cleveland: A. H. Clark Co., 1924), by Otto A. Rothert (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• The Outlaws of Cave-in-Rock: Historical Accounts of the Famous Highwaymen and River Pirates Who Operated in Pioneer Days Upon the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and Over the Old Natchez Trace (Cleveland: A. H. Clark Co., 1924), by Otto A. Rothert (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Beating Back (New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1914), by Al Jennings and Will Irwin, illust. by Charles M. Russell
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• The Life of Sile Doty, 1800-1876, a Forgotten Autobiography: The Most Noted Thief and Daring Burglar of His Time (originally published 1880; edition with a new foreword published Detroit: Alved of Detroit, 1948), by Sile Doty, ed. by J. G. W. Colburn, contrib. by Randolph Greenfield Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Border Bandits: An Authentic and Thrilling History of the Noted Outlaws, Jesse and Frank James, and Their Bands of Highwaymen (St. Louis: Historical Pub. Co., 1881), by James W. Buel (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Illustrated Lives and Adventures of Frank and Jesse James and the Younger Brothers, the Noted Western Outlaws (new edition; New York and St. Louis: N.D. Thompson and Co., 1882), by J. A. Dacus (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Banditti of the Plains: or, The Cattlemen's Invasion of Wyoming in 1892, "The Crowning Infamy of the Ages" (with a new foreword; San Francisco: Printed for G. Fields by the Grabhorn Press, 1935), by A. S. Mercer, contrib. by James Mitchell Clarke, illust. by Arvilla Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Banditti of the Plains: or, The Cattlemen's Invasion of Wyoming in 1892 (Cheyenne: The author, ca. 1894), by A. S. Mercer (multiple formats at archive.org)

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