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Autore |
Neal Bill <1936-> |
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Titolo |
Vengeance is mine [[electronic resource] ] : the scandalous love triangle that triggered the Boyce-Sneed feud / / Bill Neal |
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Denton, Tex., : University of North Texas Press, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-39501-0 |
9786613395016 |
1-57441-440-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Collana |
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A.C. Greene series ; ; no. 11 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Boyce-Sneed Feud |
Vendetta - Texas - Texas Panhandle - History - 20th century |
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) - Texas - Texas Panhandle |
Violence - Texas - Panhandle - History - 20th century |
Texas Panhandle (Tex.) History 20th century |
Texas Panhandle (Tex.) Biography |
Texas History 1846-1950 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The three families: Settling in antebellum Texas -- Migrating to a new frontier: the Texas Panhandle -- Amarillo, 1910: John Beal, Lena--and Al -- A secret too big to keep -- "Let the old men settle it" -- A man with a plan -- Escape, flight, and pursuit -- The gathering storm -- Then the killings begin -- To the courts -- From guns to gavels -- Lena's sanity hearing -- "The greatest legal battle ever" -- The 1912 Fort Worth murder trial of John Beal Sneed -- Protecting a home, or protecting a killer? -- The conclusion of the 1912 John Beal Sneed murder trial -- The waiting game -- Ambush at the death cottage -- "Because this is Texas" -- The second Fort Worth murder trial of John Beal Sneed -- The murder trial begins -- The verdict -- "Making'em believe in ghosts" -- The Beech Epting murder trial -- "No trial for the dead" -- The Vernon murder trial of John Beal Sneed -- The John Beal Sneed wars continue -- Combat in the courts, firefights in the streets -- Epilogue: A. Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat -- Spin- |
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doctoring, dirty tricks, and whatever else it takes -- B. Reflections, speculations, unsolved mysteries -- And what happened to Lena's baby? -- Appendix one: The rest of the tragic story of Hugh D. Spencer -- Miss Lillie was a rover -- Appendix two: Timeline. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The 1912 Boyce-Sneed feud in West Texas began with a torrid sex scandal at the core of a love triangle, featuring Lena Snyder Sneed, the high-spirited, headstrong wife; Al Boyce, Jr., Lena's reckless, romantic lover; and John Beal Sneed, Lena's arrogant, grim, and vindictive husband, who responded to Lena's plea for a divorce by having her locked up in an insane asylum on grounds of "moral insanity." Frustrated by Al's escape to Canada, Sneed assassinated Al's aged and unarmed father, Colonel Albert Boyce, who had been defending his son. Sneed's well-paid legal team first earned him a mistrial |
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