John Ringo, king of the cowboys : his life and times from the Hoo Doo War to Tombstone / / David Johnson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818356903321
• Autore: Johnson David (David D.), <1950->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Denton, Tex., : University of North Texas Press, 2008
• ISBN: 1-282-07534-9; 9786612075346; 1-57441-378-3; 1-4416-0916-4
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (381 p.)
• Collana: A.C. Greene series ; ; no. 6
• Disciplina: 978.02092
• Soggetti: Outlaws - Southwest, New; Frontier and pioneer life - Southwest, New; Southwest, New Biography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 332-350) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Half Title; Frontispiece; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. ""A Hamlet among outlaws""; Chapter 2. ""passionate, domineering and dangerous""; Chapter 3. ""Ringo & Pryor""; Chapter 4. ""I pray God we may get along safely""; Chapter 5. ""Mrs. Mary Ringo, Proprietress""; Chapter 6. ""The people he fell in with were fighters""; Chapter 7. "back-shooting border scum and thieves"; Chapter 8. "The mob has been operating some"; Chapter 9. "Hell has broke loose up here"; Chapter 10. "alias Long John"; Chapter 11. "State of Texas vs. John Ringo"; Chapter 12. "brave and fearless"Chapter 13. "disrupting a young economy"; Chapter 14. "and a stray cat"; Chapter 15. "as well known as Satan himself"; Chapter 16. "John R. Godalmighty"; Chapter 17. "a killer and professional cutthroat"; Chapter 18. "armed with a Henry side"; Chapter 19. "the sympathy of the border people seems to be with them"; Chapter 20. "desperate and dangerous"; Chapter 21. "we have seen that he lied"; Chapter 22. "Ringo . . . the cowboy leader"; Chapter 23. "Blood will surely come"; Chapter 24. "his band of questionable repute"; Chapter 25. "Many friends will mourn him"; Chapter 26. "bitter and conspiratorial silence"Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Endnotes; Selected Bibliography of Works Consulted; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: John Ringo fought and killed for what he believed was right. As a teenager, Ringo was rushed into sudden adulthood when his father was killed tragically in the midst of the family's overland trek to California. As a young man he became embroiled in the blood feud turbulence of post-Reconstruction Texas. This title offers information on Ringo.