A Decent, Orderly Lynching

by Allen, Frederick

• ISBN13: 9780806140384
• ISBN10: 0806140380
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-30
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

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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