Frontier Justice in the Wild West - 9780762743896
Un libro in lingua di Wilson R. Michael edito da Twodot, 2007
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Frontier Justice highlights eighteen crimes and subsequent punishments of the most interesting, controversial, and unusual executions from an era when hangings and shootings were a legal means of capital punishment. Chapters include: the bungled hanging of Tom Ketchum who was beheaded by the noose; the unique trigger for the trapdoor used to hang Tom Horn; "Big Nose" George Parrott who was skinned, pickled, and made into a pair of shoes; the double trials of Jack McCall, assassin of Wild Bill Hickok; the hanging of a woman-Elizabeth Potts; the shooting of John D. Lee of Mountain Meadows Massacre infamy; and the only use of a double "twitch-up" gallows; etc. Each action-packed chapter includes biographical information, the pursuit, the investigation, legal maneuvers, trial information, and rarely-seen photographs.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Frontier Justice in the Wild West
- Sottotitolo: Bungled, Bizarre, and Fascinating Executions
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Wilson R. Michael
- Editore: Twodot
- Collana: Twodot (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Giugno '07
- Genere: HISTORY
- Argomenti : Executions and executioners West (U.S.) History 19th century
- Pagine: 173
- Dimensioni mm: 228 x 146 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0762743891
- EAN-13: 9780762743896