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The Last Sheriff in Texas : A True Tale of Violence and the Vote by James P McCollom; ProQuest (Firm) is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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An Amazon Best History Book of the Month "A true-crime story centering on a South Texas lawman who became a law unto himself . . . Of interest to students of Texas history as well as aspiring law enforcement officers, who should read it as an example of how not to conduct themselves." ? Kirkus Reviews Beeville, Texas, was the most American of small towns?the place that GIs had fantasized about while fighting through the ruins of Europe, a place of good schools, clean streets, and churches. Old West justice ruled, as evidenced by a 1947 shootout when outlaws surprised popular sheriff Vail Ennis at a gas station and shot him five times, point-blank, in the belly. Ennis managed to draw his gun and put three bullets in each assailant; he reloaded and shot them three times more. Time magazine's full-page article on the shooting was seen by some as a referendum on law enforcement owing to the sheriff's extreme violence, but supportive telegrams from all across America poured into Beeville's tiny post office. Yet when a second violent incident threw Ennis into the crosshairs of public opinion once again, the uprising was orchestrated by an unlikely figure: his close friend and Beeville's
Who reads The Last Sheriff in Texas : A True Tale of Violence and the Vote?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- James P McCollom; ProQuest (Firm)
- Publisher
- Counterpoint, Recorded Books
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781619029972
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Historical Fiction, History
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (259 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14