Robert K. DeArment has made a lifelong study of the establishment of law on the American frontier and the gunfighters, outlaws, and lawmen who were part of that story. He is the author of numerous books and articles and a member of Western Writers of America, Inc., the Western Outlaw-Lawman History Association, and the National Association for Outlaws and Lawman History. He has been honored for his writing by both WOLA and NOLA. He makes his home in Sylvania, Ohio
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xi
CHAPTER 1 The Legend and the Legend Makers
1
(16)
CHAPTER 2 Marshal of Panther City
17
(28)
CHAPTER 3 Policing the Bloody Third
45
(24)
CHAPTER 4 The Texas Detective Bureau and the Hunt for Sam Bass
69
(14)
CHAPTER 5 "A Clash of Giants"
83
(24)
CHAPTER 6 Lake Valley Marshal
107
(20)
CHAPTER 7 The American Valley Murders
127
(26)
CHAPTER 8 The Great Escape
153
(20)
CHAPTER 9 The Fugitive
173
(20)
CHAPTER 10 The Battle of Buttermilk Switch
193
(10)
CHAPTER 11 Enter Luke Short
203
(14)
CHAPTER 12 Death of a Gunman - Birth of a Legend
217
(20)
Afterword
237
(8)
Notes
245
(22)
Bibliography
267
(8)
Index
275
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