{"product_id":"frontier-justice-wayne-gard-9780806117553","title":"Frontier Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003eMidnight raids, blazing six-shooters, and dangling ropes played frequent and vital roles in the taming of the West. And in this true account of justice--and sometimes vengeance--on the frontier, Wayne Gard ably relates how determined frontiersmen and heroic women achieved order before they had formal law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColorful Roy Bean, most famous of the frontier oracles, who dispensed liquor with one hand and justice with the other, stalks through the pages, along with Sam Houston, Watt Moorman, Judge Almond (who would not tolerate long speeches by lawyers because they cut down on his fine), the feuding Grahams and Tewksburys, and Jacksons and Goodbreads, with their violent outbreaks of killing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrontier Justice\u003c\/i\u003e was among the books chosen by a committee of distinguished scholars for inclusion in the permanent White House Liberty of important American books on the nation's history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne Gard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806117559\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806117553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/1949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.79d","brand":"Wayne Gard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086895919359,"sku":"9780806117553","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_621a3bb7-73fb-4cba-8c92-166e3f22f00c.jpg?v=1769097192","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/frontier-justice-wayne-gard-9780806117553","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}