Dallas Stoudenmire El Paso Marshal |
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| Author:
| Metz, Leon C. |
| Series title: | The Western Frontier Library Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8061-2487-2 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1993 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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Before Dallas Stoudenmire accepted the position as marshal of El Paso, there existed no authority except that of the six-shooter, and very little precedent for a peace officer to follow. No one before had held the job for more than a couple of months. Yet, within two years, with the help of Jim Gillett, his young deputy, Stoudenmire had cleaned up the town, a task that earned him many enemies and, in the end, death.
This is the story of Dallas Stoudenmire-auburn-haired,...
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Before Dallas Stoudenmire accepted the position as marshal of El Paso, there existed no authority except that of the six-shooter, and very little precedent for a peace officer to follow. No one before had held the job for more than a couple of months. Yet, within two years, with the help of Jim Gillett, his young deputy, Stoudenmire had cleaned up the town, a task that earned him many enemies and, in the end, death.
This is the story of Dallas Stoudenmire-auburn-haired, fiery-eyed, six-foot, two-inch gunfighter, container of laughter, liquor, and death-during the two tumultuous years in the early 1880?s when he served as almost the only law north of the Rio Grande and west of Fort Worth.