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The Sutton-Taylor feud : the deadliest blood feud in Texas / by Chuck Parsons.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parsons, Chuck.
- Series:
- A.C. Greene series ; 7.
- A.C. Greene series ; no. 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pioneers--Texas--Biography.
- Pioneers.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Texas.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Vendetta--Texas--History--19th century.
- Vendetta.
- Violence--Texas--History--19th century.
- Violence.
- Peace treaties--History--19th century.
- Peace treaties.
- Texas--History--1846-1950.
- Texas.
- Sutton family.
- Taylor family.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (402 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Sutton-Taylor Feud of DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, and surrounding counties began shortly after the Civil War ended. This book presents a study of the Sutton-Taylor Feud. It demonstrates that the violence between the two sides was in the tradition of the family blood feud, similar to so many other nineteenth-century American feuds.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Sutton-Taylor feud
- The Taylors and the Suttons : Texas pioneers
- Homicides and private quarrels
- A killing in Clinton
- The state police : "murder most foul"
- Rampant killings
- Treaties of peace
- McNelly and the Rangers arrive
- Bloody 1875
- Last killings
- Prisoners and trials
- With the smoke cleared
- Epilogue: All is forgiven.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-371) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-55547-2
- 9786612555473
- 1-57441-367-8
- 1-4416-4637-X
- OCLC:
- 745977018
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