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The Texas Sheriff: Lord of the County Line

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by Thad Sitton
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Availability:In StockContributor:Thad SittonPublish date:2006-02-01Pages:268
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Oklahoma PressISBN-13:9780806134710ISBN-10:806134712UPC:9780806134710Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Law EnforcementBook Topic:State & Local, 19th CenturySize:8.72 x 6.32 x 0.73 inchesWeight:0.9414Product ID:SC5X9XZJ4X

The Texas Sheriff: Lord of the County Line

The Texas Sheriff takes a fresh, colorful, and insightful look at Texas law enforcement during the decades before 1960. In the first half of the twentieth century, rural Texas was a strange, often violent, and complicated place. Nineteenth-century lifestyles persisted, blood relationships made a difference, and racial apartheid was still rigidly enforced.

Citizens expected their county sheriff to...

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Oklahoma PressISBN-13:9780806134710ISBN-10:806134712UPC:9780806134710Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Law EnforcementBook Topic:State & Local, 19th CenturySize:8.72 x 6.32 x 0.73 inchesWeight:0.9414Product ID:SC5X9XZJ4X
Sitton, Thad: -

Thad Sitton hold a Ph.D. from the University of Texas and is author of numerous articles and several award-winning books, including From Can See to Can't: Texas Cotton Farmers on the Southern Prairies and The Texas Sheriff: Lord of the County Line. The Texas Oral History Association honored him in 2001 with a lifetime Achievement Award.

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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