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The Horrell wars : feuding in Texas and New Mexico /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, David (David D.), 1950- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Denton : University of North Texas Press, [2014]
Series:A.C. Greene series ; 15.
Subjects:
Horrell family.
Higgins, Pink, > 1848-1914.
Frontier and pioneer life > Texas.
Frontier and pioneer life > New Mexico.
Vendetta > Texas > History > 19th century.
Texas > History > 1846-1950.
Lampasas County (Tex.) > History > 19th century.
New Mexico > History > 1848-
Lincoln County (N.M.) > History > 19th century.
Violence > Texas > History > 19th century.
Violence > New Mexico > History > 19th century.
Outlaws > Texas > Biography.
Outlaws > New Mexico > Biography.
Ranchers > Texas > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • "I raised my boys to be fighters"
  • "A lame Texan is suspected of the deed"
  • "The Lampasas horror"
  • "The ways of the transgressor"
  • "Begged for mercy"
  • "Nothing was to come of it"
  • "Would have surrendered . . . at any time"
  • "Didn't fire a shot"
  • "The latest blossom of Lampasas chivalry"
  • "A shooting picnic at Lampasas"
  • "Bloody murder in Bosque"
  • "This saturnalia of blood"
  • Afterword: "A shocking murder"
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2.