Midnight raids, blazing six-shooters, and dangling ropes played frequent and vital roles in the taming of the West. And in this true account of justice--and sometimes vengeance--on the frontier, Wayne Gard ably relates how determined frontiersmen and heroic women achieved order before they had formal law. Colorful Roy Bean, most famous of the frontier oracles, who dispensed liquor with one hand and justice with the other, stalks through the pages, along with Sam Houston, Watt Moorman, Judge Almond (who would not tolerate ...
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Midnight raids, blazing six-shooters, and dangling ropes played frequent and vital roles in the taming of the West. And in this true account of justice--and sometimes vengeance--on the frontier, Wayne Gard ably relates how determined frontiersmen and heroic women achieved order before they had formal law. Colorful Roy Bean, most famous of the frontier oracles, who dispensed liquor with one hand and justice with the other, stalks through the pages, along with Sam Houston, Watt Moorman, Judge Almond (who would not tolerate long speeches by lawyers because they cut down on his fine), the feuding Grahams and Tewksburys, and Jacksons and Goodbreads, with their violent outbreaks of killing. Frontier Justice was among the books chosen by a committee of distinguished scholars for inclusion in the permanent White House Liberty of important American books on the nation's history.
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Add this copy of Frontier Justice to cart. $25.72, like new condition, Sold by GreatBookPricesUK5 rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castle Donington, DERBYSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1949 by University of Oklahoma Press.
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Good. No Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 324. 324 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No dust jacket. PLEASE NOTE: EX-LIBRARY COPY with the usual ex-library markings.
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VeryGood+ unmarked, sunned spine. Traces the development of law and order on the prairies and in the mining camps. Nice clean bright copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, 324 pp, index, bibliography, b/w illus.
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Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 2nd Printing. Good with slight musty odor. No markings or bookplate. Good dust jacket price-clipped with fading along spine and slight edge wear. Slight shallow chipping at spine ends.
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