A Lawless Breed : John Wesley Hardin, Texas Reconstruction, and Violence in the Wild West /

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John Wesley Hardin! His name spread terror in much of Texas in the years following the Civil War as the most wanted fugitive - a fugitive with a $4000 reward on his head. A Texas Ranger wrote that he killed men just to see them kick. Hardin began his killing career in the late 1860s and remained a w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Parsons, Chuck
Otros Autores: Brown, Norman Wayne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hardin, John Wesley, > 1853-1895.
Violence.
Outlaws.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Violence > Texas > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Hors-la-loi > Texas > Biographies.
Violence > Texas > History > 19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Texas.
Frontier and pioneer life > Texas.
Outlaws > Texas > Biography.
United States.
Texas.
Texas > Histoire > 1846-1950.
Texas > History > 1846-1950.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • First blood
  • Gunfire in Hill County
  • Mexico or Kansas?
  • Shedding blood in Kansas
  • The Texas State Police
  • Capture and escape
  • The end of Jack Helm
  • Killing intensifies
  • A "bully from Canada"
  • Fighting Waller's Texas Rangers
  • Leaving the Lone Star State
  • Troubles in Florida
  • "Texas, by God!"
  • Hardin on trial
  • Huntsville and punishment
  • Dreams of a future
  • Seeing Jane again
  • A full pardon
  • Attorney at law, J.W. Hardin
  • Troubles in Pecos
  • Troubles in El Paso
  • "I'll meet you smoking"
  • The youngest brother
  • End of the gunfighters.

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