Captain Jack Helm

A Victim of Texas Reconstruction Violence
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-57441-718-0
Verlag: University of North Texas Press

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 592 g

Reihe: A.C. Greene Series

In Captain Jack Helm, Chuck Parsons explores the life of John Jackson “Jack” Helm, whose main claim to fame has been that he was a victim of man-killer John Wesley Hardin. That he was, but he was much more in his violence-filled lifetime during Reconstruction Texas. First as a deputy sheriff, then county sheriff, and finally captain of the notorious Texas State Police, he developed a reputation as a violent and ruthless man-hunter. He arrested many suspected lawbreakers, but often his prisoner was killed before reaching a jail for “attempting to escape.” This horrific tendency ultimately brought about his downfall. Helm’s aggressive enforcement of his version of “law and order” resulted in a deadly confrontation with two of his enemies in the midst of the Sutton-Taylor Feud.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parsons, Chuck

Über Autor(innen)

Chuck Parsons is the author of Captain John R. Hughes and The Sutton-Taylor Feud and coauthor of A Lawless Breed, a biography of John Wesley Hardin, and The Notorious Luke Short. He lives in Luling, Texas.