| Ten Texas Feuds Contributor(s): Sonnichsen, C. L. (Author), Walker, Dale L. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0826322999 ISBN-13: 9780826322999 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2000 Annotation: For twenty years, grassroots historian C. L. Sonnichsen went door to door through the backcountry of east and south-central Texas to coax tales from reluctant informants and peruse county documents on the colorful feuds that bloodied the states early history. From these human explosions emerged legendary gangs such as the Regulators, Moderators, Hoodoos, Heel Flies, and Boots. Personal vengeance righted intolerable wrongs and settled unbearable grievances. Sonnichsen notes, The men who fought these battles were mostly pretty good people, but they harshly stamped their otherwise normal lives with bloody vengeance. Dale L. Walker, Sonnichsens biographer, sketches the authors life, historical craft, and publishing and teaching career. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 976.4 |
| LCCN: 00028632 |
| Lexile Measure: 1230 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.1" W x 9.04" (0.87 lbs) 260 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Texas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For twenty years, grassroots historian C. L. Sonnichsen went door to door through the backcountry of east and south-central Texas to coax tales from reluctant informants and peruse county documents on the colorful feuds that bloodied the state's early history. From these human explosions emerged legendary gangs such as the Regulators, Moderators, Hoodoos, Heel Flies, and Boots. Personal vengeance righted intolerable wrongs and settled unbearable grievances. Sonnichsen notes, The men who fought these battles were mostly pretty good people, but they harshly stamped their otherwise normal lives with bloody vengeance. Dale L. Walker, Sonnichsen's biographer, sketches the author's life, historical craft, and publishing and teaching career. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sonnichsen, C. L.: - C. L. Sonnichsen, 1901-1991, was the author of numerous books and a longtime professor of English at the University of Texas, El Paso. |