| Hangin' Times in Fort Smith: A History of Executions in Judge Parker's Court Contributor(s): Akins, Jerry (Author) |
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ISBN: 1935106341 ISBN-13: 9781935106340 Publisher: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies OUR PRICE: $20.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Penology - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 364.660 |
| LCCN: 2011041125 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Fort Smith, Arkansas - Geographic Orientation - Arkansas - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For twenty-one years, Judge Isaac C. Parker ruled in the federal court at Fort Smith, Arkansas, the gateway to the wild and lawless Western frontier. Parker, however, was not the hangin' judge that casual legend portrays. In most cases, the guilt or innocence of those tried in his court really was not in question once their stories were told. These horrible crimes would have screamed out for justice in any circumstance. Author Jerry Akins has finally arrived at the real story about Parker and his court by comparing newspaper accounts of the trials and executions to what has been written and popularized in other books. |