| 1960s Austin Gangsters: Organized Crime That Rocked the Capital Contributor(s): Sublett, Jesse (Author) |
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ISBN: 1540212823 ISBN-13: 9781540212825 Publisher: History Press Library Editions OUR PRICE: $28.79 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - True Crime | Organized Crime - Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws |
| Dewey: 364.106 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 178 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Timmy Overton of Austin and Jerry Ray James of Odessa were football stars who traded athletics for lives of crime. The original rebels without causes, nihilists with Cadillacs and Elvis hair, the Overton gang and their associates formed a ragtag white trash mafia that bedazzled Austin law enforcement for most of the 1960s. Tied into a loose network of crooked lawyers, pimps and used car dealers who became known as the traveling criminals, they burglarized banks and ran smuggling and prostitution rings all over Texas. Author Jesse Sublett presents a detailed account of these Austin miscreants, who rose to folk hero status despite their violent criminal acts." |