A Lawman's Journal
Title | A Lawman's Journal PDF eBook |
Author | Robert T Gibson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 2021-02-12 |
Genre | |
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Join the authors on a adventure in a small town sheriff's department in Morgan County, Tennessee. This book proves that truth is much stranger than fiction.
Down on the Border
Title | Down on the Border PDF eBook |
Author | Bart Skelton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2003-10 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781410783271 |
BO, feels tired often and is more thirsty and hungry than usual. His mother takes him to the veterinarian, Dr. Dawg, who diagnoses BO with diabetes. He explains the role of insulin in the body's functioning, and explains how BO can help take care of himself. Dr. Dawg, Nancy Nurse, and Dottie Dietician all help to create a plan of care to keep BO healthy and happy. BO, THE PUPPY WITH DIABETES seeks to offer an understandable and accessible method for educating a young child about diabetes mellitus.
Lawman
Title | Lawman PDF eBook |
Author | John Boessenecker |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780806130118 |
Harry Morse - gunfighter, manhunter, sleuth - was among the West's most famous lawmen. Elected sheriff of Alameda County, California, in 1864, he went on to become San Francisco's foremost private detective. His career spanned five decades. In this biography, John Boessenecker brings Morse's now-forgotten story to light, chronicling not only the lawman's remarkable adventures but also the turbulent times in which he lived. Armed only with raw courage and a Colt revolver, Morse squared off against a small army of desperadoes and beat them at their own game. He shot to death the notorious bandidos Narato Ponce and Juan Soto, outgunned the vicious Narciso Bojorques, and pursued the Tiburcio Vasquez gang for two months in one of the West's longest and most tenacious manhunts. Later, Morse captured Black Bart, America's greatest stagecoach robber. Fortunately, Harry Morse loved to tell of his feats. Drawing on Morse's diaries, memoirs, and correspondence, Boessenecker weaves the lawman's colorful accounts into his narrative. Rare photographs of outlaws and lawmen and of the sites of Morse's exploits further enliven the story. A significant contribution to both western history and the history of law enforcement, Lawman is also an in-depth treatment of Hispanic crime and its causes, immigration, racial prejudice, and police brutality - issues with which California, and the nation, still grapple today.
Mean As Hell
Title | Mean As Hell PDF eBook |
Author | Dee Harkey |
Publisher | Pickle Partners Publishing |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2018-12-02 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1789127785 |
New Mexico rancher and lawman Dee (Daniel R.) Harkey describes himself as having “been shot at more times than any man in the world not engaged in war.” Mean as Hell, originally published in 1948 when Harkey was 83, is his detailed, witty autobiography about his youth in San Saba County of west Texas, where in 1882 he learned from his brother Joe, the sheriff, to “be damned sure you don’t get killed, but don’t kill anybody unless you have to” and his adult life in Eddy County after moving to Karlsbad (then Eddy) in 1890. Harkey served as a New Mexico peace officer from 1893 until 1911. Among the many cattle rustlers, train robbers, and other outlaws he confronted were Jim Miller, whom Harkey fingers as Pat Garrett’s real killer, and the Dalton Gang. Harkey observes that, in 1948, “cattle stealing has gone out of fashion. We’ve gotten civilized. Instead..., we now have statesman who practice nepotism, pad the public payrolls and graft as much as they think they can get away with (in an honorable way, of course) just like the folks back east.” Readers interested in many aspects of the territorial and outlaw West will enjoy Dee Harkey’s lively stories.
Pat Garrett
Title | Pat Garrett PDF eBook |
Author | Leon Claire Metz |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 1983-03-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780806118383 |
Biography of the man who killed Billy the Kid, this thorough and well-written analysis deals effectively with almost every question that has been raised about the controversial life and death of Pat Garrett.
Seth Bullock
Title | Seth Bullock PDF eBook |
Author | David A. Wolff |
Publisher | South Dakota State Historical Society |
Pages | 179 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0979894050 |
Much of Seth Bullock's modern renown comes from TV, film, and his friendship with Theodore Roosevelt. But Bullock was much more than the frontier law enforcer portrayed in fictional accounts. In Seth Bullock, David Wolff examines the life work of Bullock as he helped build Deadwood, found the town of Belle Fourche, and promote the Black Hills.
Backcountry Lawman
Title | Backcountry Lawman PDF eBook |
Author | Bob H. Lee |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Florida |
ISBN | 9780813044293 |
In this book, Bob Lee "revisits the days he spent as a fish and wildlife law enforcement officer in northeast Florida, detailing the many dangers he encountered while patrolling the waters and environs of the St. Johns River region from 1977 to 2007. With thirty years of Florida backcountry patrol experience, Bob Lee has lived through incidents of legend, including one of the biggest environmental busts in Florida history. His fascinating memoir reveals the danger and the humor in the unsung exploits of game wardens." --from jacket flap.