Cowboy Justice: Tale of a Texas Lawman - Softcover

Gober, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0896724506 ISBN 13: 9780896724501

Publisher: Texas Tech University Press, 2001

Synopsis

In the badlands of Oklahoma and Texas in the late nineteenth century, Jim Gober―cowboy, lawman, gambler, saloon keeper, homesteader, horse-race promoter, private detective, both hunter and hunted―was a real-life hero. The code of ethics Gober adhered to throughout his life made him the man he was, and it cost him dearly. It compelled him to leave home at fifteen, drove him to cowboying on the ranges of West Texas, made him the target of hired assassins, and catapulted him into politics as the youngest elected sheriff in the U.S. As a child, James R. Gober was fascinated by the legend of his grandfather. But it wasn’t until he inherited a disheveled bundle of age-discolored and faded papers that he realized Sheriff Jim Gober had composed his memoirs. In editing his grandfather’s story Gober preserves a saga of loyalty and treachery, disaster and triumph, crime and honor―and a worthy addition to the chronicle of the Old West.

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About the Author

As an author, James R. Gober draws upon a rich pioneer heritage and military background. An Annapolis graduate, Gober enjoyed careers in the U.S. Army and in engineering management for the electronics industry before editing Cowboy Justice. A native Texan, B. Byron Price is author of Fine Art of the West and Imagining the Open Range: Erwin E. Smith, Cowboy Photographer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0896724506
• ISBN 13: 9780896724501
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 327
• Editor: Gober James R., Price B. Byron