Bringing the law to Texas : crime and violence in nineteenth century Texas / Allen G. Hatley.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: LaGrange, Tex. : Centex Press, 2002.Description: xxvi, 198 pages : portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0964941619
  • 9780964941618
  • 0964941627
  • 9780964941625
Other title:
  • Crime and violence in nineteenth century Texas
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 976.4
LOC classification:
  • HV9955.T4 H38 2002
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-192) and index.

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.

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