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020 _z9781574413175 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _z9781574414400 (e-book)
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050 1 4 _aF392.P168
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082 0 4 _a976.4/05
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100 1 _aNeal, Bill,
_d1936-
245 1 0 _aVengeance is mine
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe scandalous love triangle that triggered the Boyce-Sneed feud /
_cBill Neal.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aDenton, Tex. :
_bUniversity of North Texas Press,
_cc2011.
300 _axviii, 306 p. :
_bill., maps.
490 1 _aA.C. Greene series ;
_vno. 11
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe three families: Settling in antebellum Texas -- Migrating to a new frontier: the Texas Panhandle -- Amarillo, 1910: John Beal, Lena--and Al -- A secret too big to keep -- "Let the old men settle it" -- A man with a plan -- Escape, flight, and pursuit -- The gathering storm -- Then the killings begin -- To the courts -- From guns to gavels -- Lena's sanity hearing -- "The greatest legal battle ever" -- The 1912 Fort Worth murder trial of John Beal Sneed -- Protecting a home, or protecting a killer? -- The conclusion of the 1912 John Beal Sneed murder trial -- The waiting game -- Ambush at the death cottage -- "Because this is Texas" -- The second Fort Worth murder trial of John Beal Sneed -- The murder trial begins -- The verdict -- "Making'em believe in ghosts" -- The Beech Epting murder trial -- "No trial for the dead" -- The Vernon murder trial of John Beal Sneed -- The John Beal Sneed wars continue -- Combat in the courts, firefights in the streets -- Epilogue: A. Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat -- Spin-doctoring, dirty tricks, and whatever else it takes -- B. Reflections, speculations, unsolved mysteries -- And what happened to Lena's baby? -- Appendix one: The rest of the tragic story of Hugh D. Spencer -- Miss Lillie was a rover -- Appendix two: Timeline.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
600 3 0 _aBoyce family.
600 3 0 _aSnead family.
600 1 0 _aSneed, John Beal
_vTrials, litigation, etc.
650 0 _aBoyce-Sneed Feud.
650 0 _aVendetta
_zTexas
_zTexas Panhandle
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aTriangles (Interpersonal relations)
_zTexas
_zTexas Panhandle.
650 0 _aViolence
_zTexas
_zPanhandle
_xHistory
_y20th century.
651 0 _aTexas Panhandle (Tex.)
_xHistory
_y20th century.
651 0 _aTexas Panhandle (Tex.)
_vBiography.
651 0 _aTexas
_xHistory
_y1846-1950.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
830 0 _aA.C. Greene series ;
_v11.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/kliuc/Doc?id=10490733
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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