The Lawkeepers
Tall Tales from the High Plains & Beyond, #2
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century
| Author: | Tom Rizzo | ISBN: | 9781536584486 |
| Publisher: | Tom Rizzo | Publication: | July 15, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tom Rizzo |
| ISBN: | 9781536584486 |
| Publisher: | Tom Rizzo |
| Publication: | July 15, 2016 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Maintaining law and order in the Old West stood as a major challenge to those who chose to wear a badge. The hours were long. The expanse of the areas under a lawman’s jurisdiction was huge. Although the responsibilities fell to the most qualified, no formal guidelines or standards were in place. In Tall Tales from the High Plains & Beyond, Book Two: The Law Keepers, novelist Tom Rizzo introduces you to a courageous, sometimes innovative, and mostly persistent cross section of those who figured out the best way to do the job on their terms. A few others walked both sides of the law.
- One of the Dalton brothers who didn’t break the law. He chose to enforce it.
- Jack Slade who lay in the dirt bleeding from six bullet wounds and two shotgun blasts, but lives to reap revenge.
- A rare town square showdown between Wild Bill Hickok and gambler Davis Tutt to settle a poker game argument.
- Tom “Bear River” Smith, the town marshal who wore no gun while patrolling the streets of Abilene, Kansas, dubbed, the Wickedest & Wildest Town in the West.
- Sheriff Harry Morse and his courageous one-man showdown with a feared killer and his gang.
- Texas Ranger Jim Gillett who risked everything by riding into a Mexican village to capture the man who killed his friend.
- George Maledon, a small quiet man with dark eyes, known as the Prince of Hangmen.
Maintaining law and order in the Old West stood as a major challenge to those who chose to wear a badge. The hours were long. The expanse of the areas under a lawman’s jurisdiction was huge. Although the responsibilities fell to the most qualified, no formal guidelines or standards were in place. In Tall Tales from the High Plains & Beyond, Book Two: The Law Keepers, novelist Tom Rizzo introduces you to a courageous, sometimes innovative, and mostly persistent cross section of those who figured out the best way to do the job on their terms. A few others walked both sides of the law.
- One of the Dalton brothers who didn’t break the law. He chose to enforce it.
- Jack Slade who lay in the dirt bleeding from six bullet wounds and two shotgun blasts, but lives to reap revenge.
- A rare town square showdown between Wild Bill Hickok and gambler Davis Tutt to settle a poker game argument.
- Tom “Bear River” Smith, the town marshal who wore no gun while patrolling the streets of Abilene, Kansas, dubbed, the Wickedest & Wildest Town in the West.
- Sheriff Harry Morse and his courageous one-man showdown with a feared killer and his gang.
- Texas Ranger Jim Gillett who risked everything by riding into a Mexican village to capture the man who killed his friend.
- George Maledon, a small quiet man with dark eyes, known as the Prince of Hangmen.
