The Texas Sheriff: Lord of the County Line

Sitton, Thad

ISBN 10: 0806132167 / ISBN 13: 9780806132167

Published by University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Ok, 2000

About this Item

Signed by the author on the title page in black pen; not personalized to anyone. Number line in the work reads as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Volume itself has beautiful crimson cloth covers with sharp gilt lettering on the spine. 253 pages, including an index and a bibliography. Book is clean, fresh, tight and bright. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality Brodart cover. A very nice, author signed, BRAND NEW, copy; available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Texas Sheriff: Lord of the County Line
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Ok
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806132167
• ISBN 13: 9780806132167
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed By the Author

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Synopsis

The Texas Sheriff takes a fresh, colorful, and insightful look at Texas law enforcement during the decades before 1960. In the first half of the twentieth century, rural Texas was a strange, often violent, and complicated place. Nineteenth-century lifestyles persisted, blood relationships made a difference, and racial apartheid was still rigidly enforced.

Citizens expected their county sheriff to uphold local customs as well as state laws. He had to help constituents with their personal problems, which often had little or nothing to do with law enforcement. The rural sheriff served as his countyâ s “Mr. Fixit,â its resident “good old boy,â and the lord of an intricate rural society.

Basing his interpretations on primary sources and extensive interviews, Thad Sitton explores the dual nature of Texas sheriffs, demonstrating their far-reaching power both to do good and to abuse the law.

About the Author

Thad Sitton is author of BACKWOODSMEN, TEXAS HIGH SHERIFFS, and NAMELESS TOWNS. He lives in Austin, Texas.