TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hatley,Allen G.
TI  - Bringing the law to Texas: crime and violence in nineteenth century Texas 
SN  - 0964941619
AV  - HV9955.T4 H38 2002
U1  - 976.4 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - LaGrange, Tex.
PB  - Centex Press
KW  - Law enforcement
KW  - Texas
KW  - History
KW  - 1846-1950
KW  - Peace officers
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
KW  - Crime
KW  - Criminals
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-192) and index
N2  - This book describes how lawmen and the courts in what was sometimes a violent, dirty, and savage land, worked to bring law and order to Texas during the first 55 years of the Lone Star State. it is not always a heroic story of good vanquishing evil, but it is an accurate and comprehensive account of the never ending effort to establish the rule of law in Texas
ER  -