Author: Sam Clancy
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
ISBN: 0719824044
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
'They'll send him next,' Perry croaked again. 'He'll come and he'll kill you all.' 'Who?' 'Ford.' Josh Ford, United States Deputy Marshal! When it comes to fighting outlaws, he's hell on wheels and this time he'll need to be. Two of their own have disappeared in the Moose River Mountains and the trail leads to Stay. A small town under the heel of a brutal vigilance committee led by a killer known only as 'The Judge'. From the moment Ford arrives, there is literally the stench of death in the air. And after being forced into a gunfight he doesn't want and then sentenced to hang, the stench only gets stronger. They were warned. They've never seen the likes of Ford!
Even Marshals Hang!
Author: Sam Clancy
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
ISBN: 0719824044
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
'They'll send him next,' Perry croaked again. 'He'll come and he'll kill you all.' 'Who?' 'Ford.' Josh Ford, United States Deputy Marshal! When it comes to fighting outlaws, he's hell on wheels and this time he'll need to be. Two of their own have disappeared in the Moose River Mountains and the trail leads to Stay. A small town under the heel of a brutal vigilance committee led by a killer known only as 'The Judge'. From the moment Ford arrives, there is literally the stench of death in the air. And after being forced into a gunfight he doesn't want and then sentenced to hang, the stench only gets stronger. They were warned. They've never seen the likes of Ford!
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
ISBN: 0719824044
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
'They'll send him next,' Perry croaked again. 'He'll come and he'll kill you all.' 'Who?' 'Ford.' Josh Ford, United States Deputy Marshal! When it comes to fighting outlaws, he's hell on wheels and this time he'll need to be. Two of their own have disappeared in the Moose River Mountains and the trail leads to Stay. A small town under the heel of a brutal vigilance committee led by a killer known only as 'The Judge'. From the moment Ford arrives, there is literally the stench of death in the air. And after being forced into a gunfight he doesn't want and then sentenced to hang, the stench only gets stronger. They were warned. They've never seen the likes of Ford!
Reflections on Hanging
Author: Arthur Koestler
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820355348
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Reflections on Hanging is a searing indictment of capital punishment, inspired by its author’s own time in the shadow of a firing squad. During the Spanish Civil War, Arthur Koestler was held by the Franco regime as a political prisoner, and condemned to death. He was freed, but only after months of witnessing the fates of less-fortunate inmates. That experience informs every page of the book, which was first published in England in 1956, and followed in 1957 by this American edition. As Koestler ranges across the history of capital punishment in Britain (with a focus on hanging), he looks at notable cases and rulings, and portrays politicians, judges, lawyers, scholars, clergymen, doctors, police, jailers, prisoners, and others involved in the long debate over the justness and effectiveness of the death penalty. In Britain, Reflections on Hanging was part of a concerted, ultimately successful effort to abolish the death penalty. At that time, in the forty-eight United States, capital punishment was sanctioned in forty-two of them, with hanging still practiced in five. This edition includes a preface and afterword written especially for the 1957 American edition. The preface makes the book relevant to readers in the U.S.; the afterword overviews the modern-day history of abolitionist legislation in the British Parliament. Reflections on Hanging is relentless, biting, and unsparing in its details of botched and unjust executions. It is a classic work of advocacy for some of society’s most defenseless members, a critique of capital punishment that is still widely cited, and an enduring work that presaged such contemporary problems as the sensationalism of crime, the wrongful condemnation of the innocent and mentally ill, the callousness of penal systems, and the use of fear to control a citizenry.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820355348
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Reflections on Hanging is a searing indictment of capital punishment, inspired by its author’s own time in the shadow of a firing squad. During the Spanish Civil War, Arthur Koestler was held by the Franco regime as a political prisoner, and condemned to death. He was freed, but only after months of witnessing the fates of less-fortunate inmates. That experience informs every page of the book, which was first published in England in 1956, and followed in 1957 by this American edition. As Koestler ranges across the history of capital punishment in Britain (with a focus on hanging), he looks at notable cases and rulings, and portrays politicians, judges, lawyers, scholars, clergymen, doctors, police, jailers, prisoners, and others involved in the long debate over the justness and effectiveness of the death penalty. In Britain, Reflections on Hanging was part of a concerted, ultimately successful effort to abolish the death penalty. At that time, in the forty-eight United States, capital punishment was sanctioned in forty-two of them, with hanging still practiced in five. This edition includes a preface and afterword written especially for the 1957 American edition. The preface makes the book relevant to readers in the U.S.; the afterword overviews the modern-day history of abolitionist legislation in the British Parliament. Reflections on Hanging is relentless, biting, and unsparing in its details of botched and unjust executions. It is a classic work of advocacy for some of society’s most defenseless members, a critique of capital punishment that is still widely cited, and an enduring work that presaged such contemporary problems as the sensationalism of crime, the wrongful condemnation of the innocent and mentally ill, the callousness of penal systems, and the use of fear to control a citizenry.
The Marshal's Daughter
Author: Harriet Cade
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
ISBN: 0719824265
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Marshal Jeremiah Hammond's young daughter goes off the rails and takes part in a robbery, and he knows it is his duty is to bring her to justice. But the puritanical, God-fearing marshal soon finds that doing one's duty is more complicated that he first thought. But when his daughter commits murder, the marshal finds himself fighting with all his strength to protect his family and, putting all his principles aside, must help his precious daughter evade the law...
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
ISBN: 0719824265
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Marshal Jeremiah Hammond's young daughter goes off the rails and takes part in a robbery, and he knows it is his duty is to bring her to justice. But the puritanical, God-fearing marshal soon finds that doing one's duty is more complicated that he first thought. But when his daughter commits murder, the marshal finds himself fighting with all his strength to protect his family and, putting all his principles aside, must help his precious daughter evade the law...
Marshal Shawn Felton's Challenge
Author: Terry Larkin
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1642147125
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Being tasked with returning the gold to Sumpter, Marshal Felton must hire on additional Deputy's to assist him in returning the gold. But like usual, something goes eerie, and they lose the gold. It got its name when the U. S. Cavalry rides into it, where they spend the next three fun-filled days at the Fort in Pendleton, Oregon. Ride alone on additional short story "Huntin' Trips with Marshal Felton and Deputy Wapiti," as his scalp counts grows with each new exciting huntin' trip.
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1642147125
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Being tasked with returning the gold to Sumpter, Marshal Felton must hire on additional Deputy's to assist him in returning the gold. But like usual, something goes eerie, and they lose the gold. It got its name when the U. S. Cavalry rides into it, where they spend the next three fun-filled days at the Fort in Pendleton, Oregon. Ride alone on additional short story "Huntin' Trips with Marshal Felton and Deputy Wapiti," as his scalp counts grows with each new exciting huntin' trip.
Death of the City Marshal
Author: Anne Louise Bannon
Publisher: Healcroft House, Publishers
ISBN: 1948616084
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
It's October, 1870, and once again, violence has errupted on the streets of Los Angeles. This time, City Marshal gets into a gunfight with his deputy Joseph Dye, and is severely wounded. Fortunately, winemaker and physician Maddie Wilcox is on the scene to take care of the marshal. But the next day, she finds that the marshal has been smothered in his bed. The morning after the marshal's death, red paint is splashed all over the front porch of his home, and a list of his sins posted on the front.The list of people with grievances against the fiery-tempered marshal is long. But then another prominent citizen has his sins posted and house front splattered. Maddie takes an interest in the vandalism in the hopes of finding Marshal Warren's killer. But she soon finds out that she is up against a killer driven by a profound longing, and who is prepared to do the worst to keep that most basic of human desires: a home.
Publisher: Healcroft House, Publishers
ISBN: 1948616084
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
It's October, 1870, and once again, violence has errupted on the streets of Los Angeles. This time, City Marshal gets into a gunfight with his deputy Joseph Dye, and is severely wounded. Fortunately, winemaker and physician Maddie Wilcox is on the scene to take care of the marshal. But the next day, she finds that the marshal has been smothered in his bed. The morning after the marshal's death, red paint is splashed all over the front porch of his home, and a list of his sins posted on the front.The list of people with grievances against the fiery-tempered marshal is long. But then another prominent citizen has his sins posted and house front splattered. Maddie takes an interest in the vandalism in the hopes of finding Marshal Warren's killer. But she soon finds out that she is up against a killer driven by a profound longing, and who is prepared to do the worst to keep that most basic of human desires: a home.
The Doomsday Marshal and the Hanging Judge
Author: Ray Hogan
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN: 9780816144686
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN: 9780816144686
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Slocum Giant 2006: Slocum and the Hanging Horse
Author: Jake Logan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 144067826X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
A six-shooter doesn’t do much good when you’re six feet under… Slocum likes to bury himself in his work…but now he’s in way over his head. Trapped underground, fighting for his life, all he can do is think about how he got into this mess… It all started because of the most notorious road agent west of the Mississippi, Les Jeter. Slocum had to make sure that this outlaw paid for the lives he’d taken…along with Slocum’s most prized possession—his brother’s watch. And he wasn’t alone on the hunt. Ambrose Killian was obsessed with Jeter and wanted to bring this legend to justice for his own sordid reasons. Hot on his trail, Killian’s enlisted his luscious secretary, a rival criminal, and a gang of greedy lawmen. Slocum knew it would be a challenging job. Almost as challenging as staying alive as the minutes tick by—and the air runs out…
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 144067826X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
A six-shooter doesn’t do much good when you’re six feet under… Slocum likes to bury himself in his work…but now he’s in way over his head. Trapped underground, fighting for his life, all he can do is think about how he got into this mess… It all started because of the most notorious road agent west of the Mississippi, Les Jeter. Slocum had to make sure that this outlaw paid for the lives he’d taken…along with Slocum’s most prized possession—his brother’s watch. And he wasn’t alone on the hunt. Ambrose Killian was obsessed with Jeter and wanted to bring this legend to justice for his own sordid reasons. Hot on his trail, Killian’s enlisted his luscious secretary, a rival criminal, and a gang of greedy lawmen. Slocum knew it would be a challenging job. Almost as challenging as staying alive as the minutes tick by—and the air runs out…
The Hanging of Old Brown
Author: Gregory Toledo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313065101
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Captured by United States Marines at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, a fifty-nine year old farmer was quickly brought to trial in nearby Charlestown and convicted of three capital crimes: treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia; conspiring with slaves to rebel; and murder. In a field on the outskirts of town he was hanged before fifteen hundred soldiers. Colonel Robert E. Lee, Professor Thomas J. Jackson, and John Wilkes Booth stood watching. The Hanging of Old Brown attempts to remove the veils that separate the contemporary observer from an understanding of the events and the convictions that brought John Brown to a Virginia scaffold ready to die. Brown struggled to find redemption for himself and his nation. His war on slavery and eventual execution would reap the whirlwinds that would herald the destruction of slavery. Beginning with events of 1776, Toledo provides the historical context of John Brown's war, enabling readers to approach this abolitionist visionary with a better understanding of the period that defined him. Toledo hopes to dispel notions that Brown was a mere fanatic or deranged militant. This work invites readers to become acquainted with a man who is, in the end, both flawed and heroic, always deliberate, and ultimately triumphant.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313065101
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Captured by United States Marines at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, a fifty-nine year old farmer was quickly brought to trial in nearby Charlestown and convicted of three capital crimes: treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia; conspiring with slaves to rebel; and murder. In a field on the outskirts of town he was hanged before fifteen hundred soldiers. Colonel Robert E. Lee, Professor Thomas J. Jackson, and John Wilkes Booth stood watching. The Hanging of Old Brown attempts to remove the veils that separate the contemporary observer from an understanding of the events and the convictions that brought John Brown to a Virginia scaffold ready to die. Brown struggled to find redemption for himself and his nation. His war on slavery and eventual execution would reap the whirlwinds that would herald the destruction of slavery. Beginning with events of 1776, Toledo provides the historical context of John Brown's war, enabling readers to approach this abolitionist visionary with a better understanding of the period that defined him. Toledo hopes to dispel notions that Brown was a mere fanatic or deranged militant. This work invites readers to become acquainted with a man who is, in the end, both flawed and heroic, always deliberate, and ultimately triumphant.
Hanging Fire
Author: Eric Red
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 0786042990
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
“Brilliant . . . wild action . . . Hanging Fire is indeed a classic Western, but with a new twist” (True West). The devil is a woman . . . In all his days as a bounty hunter, Joe Noose never met an outlaw like Bonny Kate Valence. The notorious female gunslinger has the kind of beauty that drives men wild—and a criminal record longer than the Snake River. She also has a date with the gallows. But before anyone can put a rope around that pretty neck, Joe Noose has to bring her in alive. On the way, he’ll have to protect his prisoner from a vile ex-lover and a vengeance-seeking posse. Which puts Noose’s neck on the line, too. Especially when this female of the species is deadlier than the male. . . . Praise for Eric Red’s The Guns of Sante Sangre and The Wolves of El Diablo “In the Old West, there are bad guys and even badder guys. But Eric Red’s are the biggest baddest of all.” —Jack Ketchum, author of Off Season “Red places a premium on action. Readers will enjoy.” —Publishers Weekly “Bloody fights, desert vistas [and] a touch of romance make this a fast-paced adventure.” —Library Journal
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 0786042990
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
“Brilliant . . . wild action . . . Hanging Fire is indeed a classic Western, but with a new twist” (True West). The devil is a woman . . . In all his days as a bounty hunter, Joe Noose never met an outlaw like Bonny Kate Valence. The notorious female gunslinger has the kind of beauty that drives men wild—and a criminal record longer than the Snake River. She also has a date with the gallows. But before anyone can put a rope around that pretty neck, Joe Noose has to bring her in alive. On the way, he’ll have to protect his prisoner from a vile ex-lover and a vengeance-seeking posse. Which puts Noose’s neck on the line, too. Especially when this female of the species is deadlier than the male. . . . Praise for Eric Red’s The Guns of Sante Sangre and The Wolves of El Diablo “In the Old West, there are bad guys and even badder guys. But Eric Red’s are the biggest baddest of all.” —Jack Ketchum, author of Off Season “Red places a premium on action. Readers will enjoy.” —Publishers Weekly “Bloody fights, desert vistas [and] a touch of romance make this a fast-paced adventure.” —Library Journal
Ella Warner Us Marshal
Author: JL Pendland
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499084129
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
1890s in Oklahoma/Indian Territory danger was around every bend of the road and every corner of every town. Into that haven for killers, thieves and rapists rode the first woman United States Marshal. Ella Warner had grown up with a gun in her hand and brains in her pretty head. Her assignment in the Territories was to track and bring to justice the ruthless, sadistic gang known as The Dutchmen. With the promise of freedom, she recruits three Apache trackers from prison. Along with them and Deputy Bill McDonald, Marshal Warner sets out across Oklahoma, Indian Territory on her mission.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499084129
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
1890s in Oklahoma/Indian Territory danger was around every bend of the road and every corner of every town. Into that haven for killers, thieves and rapists rode the first woman United States Marshal. Ella Warner had grown up with a gun in her hand and brains in her pretty head. Her assignment in the Territories was to track and bring to justice the ruthless, sadistic gang known as The Dutchmen. With the promise of freedom, she recruits three Apache trackers from prison. Along with them and Deputy Bill McDonald, Marshal Warner sets out across Oklahoma, Indian Territory on her mission.