Author | : Mark R. Ellis |
File Size | : 55,9 Mb |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 01 January 2007 |
ISBN | : 9780803258020 |
Pages | : 298 pages |
Law and Order in Buffalo Bill s Country by Mark R. Ellis Book PDF Summary
Celebrated accounts of lawless towns that relied on the extra-legal justice of armed citizens and hired gunmen are part of the enduring cultural legacy of the American West. This work presents a case study of law and legal culture in Lincoln County, Nebraska, during the nineteenth century. It also examines legal institutions on the Great Plains.