Captain Jack Helm : A Victim of Texas Reconstruction Violence /

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In Captain Jack Helm, Chuck Parsons explores the life of a lawman in post-Civil War Texas, John Jackson "Jack" Helm. Previous biographers have neglected this man, whose main claim to fame has been that he was a victim of man-killer John Wesley Hardin. That he was, but he was much more in h...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Parsons, Chuck (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Howell, Kenneth Wayne, 1967- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2018]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Hardin, John Wesley, > 1853-1895.
Helm, Jack, > 1837-1873.
Violence.
Sutton-Taylor Feud.
Sheriffs.
Police, State.
Outlaws.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Violence > Texas > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Hors-la-loi > Texas > Biographies.
Police d'États federes > Texas > Biographies.
Sherifs > Texas > Biographies.
Violence > Texas > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > Texas.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Texas.
Outlaws > Texas > Biography.
Police, State > Texas > Biography.
Sheriffs > Texas > Biography.
United States.
Texas.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • A nation torn apart
  • Troubles on the DeWitt-Lavaca Counties line
  • The Choate Ranch raid
  • Action in Matagorda County
  • Feuding against the Taylors
  • "Six shooter gentry"
  • Gunfire at the Billings Store
  • "Attempting to escape"
  • Epilogue: The grave of John Jackson Helm
  • Appendix A: Jack Helm, Dewitt County Captain Commanding
  • Appendix B: Vigilantes in Goliad County
  • Appendix C: State police roster of Capt. Jack Helm
  • Appendix D: Regulators of Goliad County.

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