Tales of Badmen, Bad Women, and Bad Places: Four Centuries of Texas Outlawry

Klappentext

A badman is not necessarily a bad man, but he is not a man to mess with. He might be a killer, a con artist, or even a Texas Ranger with his own ideas about law enforcement; or he might just be "wuthless". C. F. Eckhardt tells the stories your teacher never told you about Texas outlaws.Combining history with lively storytelling, Eckhardt adds new details to our knowledge of such figures as Judge Roy Bean, John Wesley Hardin, and Bonnie and Clyde, and introduces us to others previously known only in their own neighborhoods: the murderous Yokums of the Big Thicket, the feuding madams of El Paso's brothel district, and the tragic Papworths of Erath County.

Zusammenfassung
A badman is not necessarily a bad man, but he is not a man to mess with. A bad woman might be a criminal too, or she might just be one who didn't conform to accepted notions of womanly conduct in her time and place. This tells the stories about Texas outlaws.

Inhalt

For Starters� In the Beginning� Texas's First Claim-Jumper The Murder of Juan Jose Zevallos The Murderous Yocums of the Big Thicket A Lake Called "Haunted" The Man Who Became Judge Roy Bean The Silver at Lockhart How Elgin Got Its Name Gone Like Lottie's Eye Who Was John Wesley Hardin, Anyway�and Why Do People Say Such Awful Things about Him? The Great Gunfight that Wasn't The Ballard of Sam Bass The Murder of Ben Thompson The Devil's Disciple of Waco The Peculiar Incident of the Public Arch The Wild Bunch in Texas Gregorio Cortez The Unfortunate Circumstances Surrounding the Moral Motion Picture Film Company The Badman Nobody Knows When Santa Claus Robbed the Bank The Real Story of Bonnie and Clyde Jennifer is Waiting