Life of the Marlows
A True Story of Frontier Life of Early Days
Published on 30. June 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-57441-253-6 (ISBN)
Description
This 1892 account of the five Marlow brothers and their tribulations in Young County, Texas, is now back in print and expertly edited and annotated by noted western historian Robert K. DeArment. After one Marlow brother killed a popular sheriff and was in turn murdered by bounty hunters, the other four brothers were arrested as accessories and jailed. Angry citizens ambushed the Marlows during a transfer to another town: two brothers were shot and killed, the other two severely wounded, and three mob members died in a shootout that inspired a John Wayne movie, ""The Sons of Katie Elder"".
Reviews / Votes
This is raw late 1800s history at its finest and most tragic, a story of hate, death, love, injustice, brutality, vengeance, and triumph. And it is all brought together and written by a master historian and storyteller, Robert K. DeArment. - Leon Metz, author of Pat Garrett and John Wesley Hardin ""This book will be a significant addition to the literature of frontier violence."" - Bill O'Neal, author of Encyclopedia of Western GunfightersMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Denton
United States
Illustrations
11 b&w illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bib., index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57441-253-6 (9781574412536)
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