Cowboys and gangsters : stories from an untamed Southwest /

Cowboys and gangsters : stories from an untamed Southwest /

"Utilizing official records, newspaper accounts, and oral histories, this book tells the story of the untamed Wild West of the Prohibition era (1920s-1930s) and introduces a gallery of Western gunfighters and lawmen"--Provided by publisher

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dolan, Samuel K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Guilford, Connecticut : TwoDot, 2016.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Prohibition > Southwest, New.
Outlaws > Southwest, New > Biography.
Gangsters > Southwest, New > Biography.
Peace officers > Southwest, New > Biography.
Crime > Southwest, New > History > 20th century.
Southwest, New > Social conditions > 20th century.
Southwest, New > Biography.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Six-guns & automobiles
  • The wail of the bootlegger
  • Cold in death
  • The toughest town on the Santa Fe
  • Purity squad
  • Manhunt
  • Dry agents
  • Liquor war on the Rio Grande
  • Where roughnecks are needed
  • "Honor first"
  • "You were looking for me last night"
  • Contrabandistas
  • Brave men.

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