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- ↑ "10 Famous Outlaws of the Old Wild West". WorldAtlas. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ↑ Edward M. Erdelac, Merkabah Rider: The Mensch With No Name, Damnation Books, LLC, 2010. ISBN 978-1-61572-190-0.