Cowboys and gangsters : : stories from an untamed Southwest / / Samuel K. Dolan.

"Utilizing official records, newspaper accounts, and oral histories, this book tells the story of the untamed Wild West of the Prohibition era (1920s-1930s) and introduces a gallery of Western gunfighters and lawmen"--Provided by publisher.

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Place / Publishing House:Guilford, Connecticut : : TwoDot,, 2016.
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (353 pages) :; illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Six-guns & automobiles
  • The wail of the bootlegger
  • Cold in death
  • The toughest town on the Santa Fe
  • Purity squad
  • Manhunt
  • Dry agents
  • Liquor war on the Rio Grande
  • Where roughnecks are needed
  • "Honor first"
  • "You were looking for me last night"
  • Contrabandistas
  • Brave men.