Cowboy Justice: Tale of a Texas Lawman

In the badlands of Oklahoma and Texas in the late nineteenth century, Jim Gober--cowboy, lawman, gambler, saloon keeper, homesteader, horse-race promoter, private detective, both hunter and hunted--was a real-life hero. The code of ethics Gober adhered to throughout his life made him the man he was, and it cost him dearly. It compelled him to leave home at fifteen, drove him to cowboying on the ranges of West Texas, made him the target of hired assassins, and catapulted him into politics as the youngest elected sheriff in the U.S. As a child, James R. Gober was fascinated by the legend of his grandfather. But it wasn't until he inherited a disheveled bundle of age-discolored and faded papers that he realized Sheriff Jim Gober had composed his memoirs. In editing his grandfather's story Gober preserves a saga of loyalty and treachery, disaster and triumph, crime and honor--and a worthy addition to the chronicle of the Old West.

Author: Jim Gober
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 03/15/2001
Pages: 327
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d
ISBN13: 9780896724501
ISBN10: 0896724506
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Biography & Autobiography | Law Enforcement
- Political Science | Law Enforcement

About the Author
As an author, James R. Gober draws upon a rich pioneer heritage and military background. An Annapolis graduate, Gober enjoyed careers in the U.S. Army and in engineering management for the electronics industry before editing Cowboy Justice. A native Texan, B. Byron Price is author of Fine Art of the West and Imagining the Open Range: Erwin E. Smith, Cowboy Photographer.