| Murder Most Texan Contributor(s): Haile, Bartee (Author) |
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ISBN: 1626197172 ISBN-13: 9781626197176 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $21.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - True Crime | Murder - General - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical |
| Series: True Crime |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6.12" W x 8.96" (0.62 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Texas has long boasted its iron fist of the law and strict treatment of its hardest criminals. Nevertheless, scoundrels, fiends and homicidal criminals inevitably slipped through the Lone Star justice system despite the best efforts of even the legendary Texas Rangers. From roadside murder to political assassinations, discover the seedy underbelly of Texas' murderous past. In 1877, Texas saw its first high-profile murder case with the slaying of a woman in Jefferson and the subsequent "Diamond Bessie" trial. Over a century later, state legislator Price Daniel Jr. was shot in cold blood by his wife at their home in Liberty. Texas true crime writer and historian Bartee Haile unburies this collection of sixteen coldblooded killings from Lone Star history and the dirty details that have shocked and bewildered Texans for decades. |
Contributor Bio(s): Haile, Bartee: - A fourth- or fifth-generation Texan (he can't really say for sure), Bartee Haile lives near Houston with his wife Gerri. He began writing This Week in Texas History in 1983 for small-town and suburban newspapers across Texas. |