Cowboys and gangsters : stories from an untamed Southwest / Samuel K. Dolan.

By: Dolan, Samuel K [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Guilford, Connecticut : TwoDot, 2016Description: 1 online resource (353 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781442246706 (e-book)Subject(s): 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 -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cowboys and gangsters : stories from an untamed Southwest.DDC classification: 364.10979/09042 LOC classification: HV5086.S68 | D65 2016Online resources: Click to View
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.
Scope and content: "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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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