A Decent, Orderly Lynching
by Allen, FrederickFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-03-30
Publisher(s): Univ of Oklahoma Pr
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Summary
The definitive account of the deadliest episode of vigilante justice in U.S. history
Author Biography
Frederick Allen, a former political editor and columnist with the Atlanta Constitution and commentator for CNN, is author of the best-selling history of the Coca-Cola Company, Secret Formula, and Atlanta Rising: The Invention of an International City, 1946-1996.
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | p. xi |
| List of Maps | p. xiii |
| Author's Note | p. xv |
| Introduction: The Murdered Boy | p. 3 |
| Maine to California | p. 17 |
| "A Seducer" on Trial | p. 38 |
| Wooing Electa Bryan | p. 57 |
| The New Sheriff | p. 77 |
| The Dillingham Killing | p. 89 |
| "Cut-Throats and Robbers" | p. 109 |
| The Reluctant Chief Justice | p. 122 |
| A Rashomon Night | p. 135 |
| The Southmayd Robbery | p. 153 |
| The Ives Trial | p. 168 |
| "Men, Do Your Duty" | p. 185 |
| The Vigilantes | p. 198 |
| "Red" Yeager's List | p. 217 |
| Five Hanged Side by Side | p. 233 |
| One Hundred and Two! | p. 254 |
| Slade of the Overland | p. 273 |
| "The Wounded Man Recovered" | p. 290 |
| "No More Midnight Executions" | p. 308 |
| Thomas Francis Meagher | p. 324 |
| Pax Vigilanticus | p. 345 |
| Epilogue | p. 361 |
| Appendix: Targets of the Montana Vigilantes | p. 365 |
| Note on Sources | p. 367 |
| Notes | p. 371 |
| Bibliography | p. 401 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 407 |
| Index | p. 411 |
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