| When Justice Came to the Plains: Judge William Gaslin, Jr., and Frontier Law in Western Nebraska, 1876-1889 Contributor(s): Petsche, Jerome E. (Author), Switzer, Ronald R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1503283690 ISBN-13: 9781503283695 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | North American |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.62 lbs) 206 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Judge William Gaslin has been compared to Judge Isaac Parker and Judge Roy Bean because all three sternly handed out justice on the western frontier in the 1800s. Gaslin administered the sixth judicial district of Nebraska, more than 70,000 square miles infested with gangs, horse and cattle thieves, and other criminals. Ronald R. Switzer and Jerome E. Petsche recount Gaslin's story rollicking prose underpinned by scholarly rigor. |