The Sutton-Taylor Feud : The Deadliest Blood Feud in Texas /

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The Sutton-Taylor Feud of DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, and surrounding counties began shortly after the Civil War ended. This book presents a study of the Sutton-Taylor Feud. It demonstrates that the violence between the two sides was in the tradition of the family blood feud, similar to so many other...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parsons, Chuck
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Taylor family.
Sutton family.
Taylor (Famille)
Violence.
Vendetta.
Pioneers.
Peace treaties.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Pionniers > Texas > Biographies.
Violence > Texas > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Traites de paix > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Pioneers > Texas > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > Texas.
Vendetta > Texas > History > 19th century.
Violence > Texas > History > 19th century.
Peace treaties > History > 19th century.
Texas.
Texas > Histoire > 1846-1950.
Texas > History > 1846-1950.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Sutton-Taylor feud
  • The Taylors and the Suttons : Texas pioneers
  • Homicides and private quarrels
  • A killing in Clinton
  • The state police : "murder most foul"
  • Rampant killings
  • Treaties of peace
  • McNelly and the Rangers arrive
  • Bloody 1875
  • Last killings
  • Prisoners and trials
  • With the smoke cleared
  • Epilogue: All is forgiven.

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