Elmer Mccurdy: The Life And Afterlife Of An American Outlaw

The unbelievably true story of an American outlaw, who became shockingly notorious years after his death.

"Poignant, pathetic, and relentlessly hilarious." —The Washington Post

When Elmer McCurdy was shot dead by an Oklahoma sheriff and his posse after a short spree of bungled robberies, he was not laid to rest. Leaning in a corner for a nickel-a-look at the Joseph Johnson Funeral Home, exhibited as a felled outlaw at the sideshows of the Great Patterson Carnival, propped up to illustrate t...