Cowboys and gangsters : stories from an untamed Southwest / / Samuel K. Dolan

• Autore: Dolan Samuel K.
• Pubblicazione: Guilford, Connecticut : , : TwoDot, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 364.10979/09042
• Soggetto topico: Prohibition - Southwest, New; Outlaws - Southwest, New; Gangsters - Southwest, New; Peace officers - Southwest, New; Crime - Southwest, New - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Southwest, New Social conditions 20th century; Southwest, New Biography
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Six-guns & automobiles -- The wail of the bootlegger -- Cold in death -- The toughest town on the Santa Fe -- Purity squad -- Manhunt -- Dry agents -- Liquor war on the Rio Grande -- Where roughnecks are needed -- "Honor first" -- "You were looking for me last night" -- Contrabandistas -- Brave men.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Utilizing official records, newspaper accounts, and oral histories, this book tells the story of the untamed Wild West of the Prohibition era (1920s-1930s) and introduces a gallery of Western gunfighters and lawmen"--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cowboys and gangsters
• ISBN: 1-4422-4670-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798473503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II