John Ringo, king of the cowboys [[electronic resource] ] : his life and times from the Hoo Doo War to Tombstone / / David Johnson
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Johnson David (David D.), <1950->
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John Ringo, king of the cowboys [[electronic resource] ] : his life and times from the Hoo Doo War to Tombstone / / David Johnson
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| Pubblicazione: | Denton, Tex., : University of North Texas Press, 2008 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 978.02092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Outlaws - Southwest, New |
| Frontier and pioneer life - Southwest, New | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Southwest, New Biography |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | John Ringo, king of the cowboys |
| ISBN: | 1-282-07534-9 |
| 9786612075346 | |
| 1-57441-378-3 | |
| 1-4416-0916-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454976103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
A.C. Greene series ; ; 6.