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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10080327260X
ISBN-139780803272606
eBay Product ID (ePID)26038822947
Product Key Features
Book TitleHell on the Border : He Hanged Eighty-Eight Men
Number of Pages728 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1992
TopicGeneral
IllustratorYes
GenreLaw, History
AuthorS. W. Harman
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight28 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN92-015671
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal347.3051
SynopsisJudge Isaac C. Parker was the scourge of evil-doers during the twenty-one years he presided over the federal court for the Western District of Arkansas, which included Indian Territory. From 1875 to 1896 he handed death sentences to 172 lawbreakers; 88 of them were actually hanged. The fact that 65 of his deputy marshals were slain in the line of duty indicates the unhealthiness of that border country. Judge Parker, often criticized for rigidity, sympathized with victims and their families but not with the criminals who went to the Fort Smith gallows, which could accommodate six at a time.Hell on the Border, written by S. W. Harman, who was a defense attorney in Judge Parker's court, is one of the seminal books on outlaws and lawmen. These pages were among the first to recount the daring misdeeds of Frank Dalton, a former deputy marshal under the judge's jurisdiction, and his dangerous brothers. Belle Starr, indicted as a horse thief, appears, one in a parade of defendants, notorious andA reprint of the original and unabridged edition published in 1898, this Bison Book is introduced by Larry D. Ball, who discusses the formation of the famous court.
LC Classification NumberKF213.P27H37 1992
