Author: Wesley Ellis
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ISBN: 9781322705705
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Languages : en
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Author: Robert K. DeArment
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806160616
Category : Bounty hunters
Languages : en
Pages : 343

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Noted western historian Robert K. DeArment recounts the remarkable careers of eight men--Pat Garrett, John Hughes, Harry Love, Harry Morse, Frank Norfleet, Bass Reeves, Granville Stuart, and Tom Tobin--who pursued notorious criminals.

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Category : Gas companies
Languages : en
Pages : 584

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Author: Hollace Ava Weiner
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1584656220
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 348

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An essay collection of lively written, lavishly illustrated, and well-documented narratives on the history and culture of Texas Jews.

Author: Robert K. DeArment
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806160608
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 429

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Until the early twentieth century, life in the American West could be rough and sometimes vicious. Those who brought thieves and murderers to justice at times had to employ tactics as ruthless as their prey. In this follow-up to his first collection of biographies of the West’s most recognized man-hunters, noted western historian Robert K. DeArment recounts the remarkable careers of eight men—Pat Garrett, John Hughes, Harry Love, Harry Morse, Frank Norfleet, Bass Reeves, Granville Stuart, and Tom Tobin—who pursued notorious criminals. Volume 2 of Man-Hunters of the Old West shows that limited resources and dire conditions often made extralegal violence necessary for survival. Harry Love, the famous killer of California bandito Joaquin Murrieta, and Tom Tobin, who ended the murders of the Espinosa gang in Colorado, tracked their quarries to remote hideouts, shot them, and cut off their heads to prove they had been eliminated. Felon trackers, like the vigilante organizations that preceded them, on occasion administered summary justice—the on-the-spot hanging of their captured prey—especially if they believed the established court system was not working. Some of the man-hunters in DeArment’s accounts were freelance scouts and trackers; others were career officers of the law. At least one, Frank Norfleet, was a private citizen turned dedicated nemesis of con artists. Love, Stuart, and Morse began life as easterners who made their way West. All the others were midwesterners or far westerners. Some of these man-hunters wrote about their adventures, and were written about in turn. Garrett’s account of his hunt for Billy the Kid remains a best seller, for example, and both Reeves and Hughes have been credited for inspiring the Lone Ranger of TV and movie fame. DeArment discusses constant threats to the man-hunters’ survival, the federal government’s undependable presence, and extralegal violence as major themes in western law enforcement. In recounting these eight men’s adventures, this volume reveals the forces that made brutality seem commonplace.

Author: Betsy Christian
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625846142
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 106

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Before Texas was Texas, it was a lot of things to a lot of different people. Comanche, Choctaw, French, Spanish, Mexican and more laid claim to Texas soil as their own, and no one wanted to share. The fights and alliances that arose out of the colonization of Texas shaped the state's future. Find out all about the beginning of the state and the colonists who helped pave the way for the Texas we now know. Saddle up with Betsy and George Christian for an interactive, fun chapter in Texas history for kids that challenges them to ask questions about the history they're told and the world in which they live.

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Category : Entomology
Languages : en
Pages : 1346

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Author: Harry Klemic
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 514

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Prepared on behalf of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

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Category : Electric power production
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 774

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