More Frontier Justice in the Wild West: Bungled, Bizarre, and Fascinating Executions

ISBN-13: 9780762796021 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 192 str.

R. Michael Wilson

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More Frontier Justice in the Wild West; Bungled, Bizarre and Fascinating Executions reveals the details of more than two dozen instances of frontier justice from the era of the Wild West. These stories of how society dealt with the bad guys and how the good guys walked a fine line between justice and vigilantism reveals some surprising truths about the culture of the Wild West. The events chosen are unique, have some surprising twist, serve as a landmark or benchmark event, or just stand out in the annals of western justice."