The Johnson-Sims feud : Romeo and Juliet, West Texas style / Bill O'Neal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Neal, Bill, 1942-

Series:

A.C. Greene series ; 9.

A.C. Greene series ; no. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vendetta--Texas--Scurry County--History--20th century.

Vendetta.

Ranchers--Texas--Scurry County--Biography.

Ranchers.

Frontier and pioneer life--Texas--Scurry County.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Family violence--Texas--History.

Family violence.

Scurry County (Tex.)--History--20th century.

Scurry County (Tex.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the early 1900s, two families in Scurry and Kent counties in West Texas united in a marriage of fourteen-year-old Gladys Johnson to twenty-one-year-old Ed Sims. Billy Johnson, the father, set up Gladys and Ed on a ranch, and the young couple had two daughters. But Gladys was headstrong and willful, and Ed drank too much, and both sought affection outside their marriage. A nasty divorce ensued, and Gladys moved with her girls to her father's luxurious ranch house, where she soon fell in love with famed Texas Ranger Frank Hamer. When Ed tried to take his daughters for a prearranged Christmas

Contents:

Introduction to a blood feud

Billy Johnson, cattle baron

Dave Sims, cattle baron

Gladys and Ed

E.C. Sims vs. Gladys Sims

Storm clouds

Tragedy in Snyder

The search for revenge

Assassination and retribution

Aftermath and redemption

Rest in peace.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-10902-6

9786613109026

1-57441-348-1

OCLC:

723944067