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From Guns to Gavels: How Justice Grew Up in the Outlaw West
Bill Neal
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Description for From Guns to Gavels: How Justice Grew Up in the Outlaw West
Hardcover. A companion volume to "Getting Away with Murder on the Texas Frontier" that takes readers from Mississippi to the frontiers of West Texas, Indian Territory, New Mexico Territory, and finally the frozen Montana wilderness through a series of linked, true-life tales of crimes and trials. Num Pages: 384 pages, 58 B/W photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
When a thirteen-year-old boy strikes out on his own in 1885, leaving his Civil War-ravaged Mississippi homeland for the wild Red River border land between North Texas and Indian Territory, the American West is a land beyond the reach of the law. Crime thrives in the absence of law officers, courtrooms, judges, and jails. Vigilante justice, the posse, and the hangman's noose fill the void. But by the time the young man - now a veteran outlaw dies by the gun in 1929 after a tempestuous career, the Old West has been largely tamed, its official legal systems firmly in ... Read more
When a thirteen-year-old boy strikes out on his own in 1885, leaving his Civil War-ravaged Mississippi homeland for the wild Red River border land between North Texas and Indian Territory, the American West is a land beyond the reach of the law. Crime thrives in the absence of law officers, courtrooms, judges, and jails. Vigilante justice, the posse, and the hangman's noose fill the void. But by the time the young man - now a veteran outlaw dies by the gun in 1929 after a tempestuous career, the Old West has been largely tamed, its official legal systems firmly in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
699g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896726376
SKU
V9780896726376
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About Bill Neal
Bill Neal practiced criminal law in West Texas for forty years: twenty as a prosecutor and twenty as a defense attorney. His first book, Getting Away with Murder on the Texas Frontier: Notorious Killings and Celebrated Trials (TTUP, 2006), was named Book of the Year by the National Association for Outlaw and Lawmen History, received the Rupert N. Richardson Award ... Read more
Reviews for From Guns to Gavels: How Justice Grew Up in the Outlaw West
Mount up for an interesting reading experience which proves truth is stranger than fiction. I believe author Bill Neal will capture any reader's interest...
Dee Ann Ray, Clinton Daily News Sept. 19, 2008 ""Neal... writes with the knowledge of a courthouse insider as well as a careful student of the Old West justice.""
Jimmy Carr, Vernon Daily Record, July 20, ... Read more
Dee Ann Ray, Clinton Daily News Sept. 19, 2008 ""Neal... writes with the knowledge of a courthouse insider as well as a careful student of the Old West justice.""
Jimmy Carr, Vernon Daily Record, July 20, ... Read more