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Title Statement | The branch and the scaffold: a novel of Judge Parker / Loren D. Estleman. |
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Alternative Title(s) | true story of the West's legendary hanging judge |
Author | Estleman, Loren D |
Publication | New York: Tom Doherty Associates, c2009. |
Extent of Item | 268 p. ; |
ISBN | 9780765315991 0765315998 |
Other Number | 1780754 |
General Notes | "Forge". |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-264).Filmographies: p. 263-264. |
Summary | A fictionalized account of the life of Judge Isaac Parker, known as the Hanging Judge of the Border. Parker and his marshals, dubbed Parker's Men, went up against some of the most notorious criminals in the West, including the Dalton Gang; Belle Starr, the Bandit Queen; Cherokee Bill; and Ned Christie, who carried on a private war against the U.S. government for seven years. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Judges--Fiction |
Outlaws--Fiction | |
Frontier and pioneer life--Fiction | |
By Name | Parker, Isaac Charles,1838-1896 |
By Location | Fort Smith (Ark.)--Fiction |
By Genre | Biographical fiction |
Historical fiction | |
Western stories |