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Frontier Justice in the Wild West

Autor R. Michael Wilson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – iun 2007
Frontier Justice highlights eighteen crimes and subsequent punishments of the most interesting, controversial, and unusual executions from an era when hangings and shootings were a legal means of capital punishment. Learn about the bungled hanging of Tom Ketchum who was beheaded by the noose; the unique trigger for the trapdoor used to hang Tom Horn; "Big Nose" George Parrott who was skinned, pickled, and made into a pair of shoes; the double trials of Jack McCall, assassin of Wild Bill Hickok; the hanging of a woman-Elizabeth Potts; the shooting of John D. Lee of Mountain Meadows Massacre infamy; and the only use of a double "twitch-up" gallows; etc. Each action-packed chapter includes biographical information, the pursuit, the investigation, legal maneuvers, trial information, and rarely-seen photographs.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780762743896
ISBN-10: 0762743891
Pagini: 192
Ilustrații: black & white photographs throughout
Dimensiuni: 154 x 229 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:First.
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield
Locul publicării:United States

Notă biografică

R. Michael Wilson has been researching and writing about the history of the American West for more than a decade. A retired law enforcement officer, he is the author of numerous books on crime and capital punishment. He lives in Henderson, Nevada.