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From Guns to Gavels
Bill Neal
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Paperback. Series: American Liberty & Justice. Num Pages: 384 pages, 59 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
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 borderland 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 place.
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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 borderland 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 place.
Veteran ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
American Liberty & Justice
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896729827
SKU
V9780896729827
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About Bill Neal
As a practicing criminal lawyer, Bill Neal spent more than four decades frequenting county courthouses in West Texas and hearing tales of sensational crimes and celebrated trials ofbygone years. A two-time winner of the Rupert N. Richardson Award, Neal has garnered honors from the National Association for Outlaw and Lawmen History, the West Texas Historical Association, the Writers’ League of ... Read more
Reviews for From Guns to Gavels
Our criminal justice system—and how it evolved on the frontier—is often overlooked in many histories of the West. In this volume, Bill Neal cleverly weaves detailed facts about actual isolated incidents into an adventure told through the drama of the yarns of those bygone days. Neal narrates the story of a 13-year-old boy, who, in 1885, strikes out on his ... Read more