Captain Jack Helm
Subtitle: a victim of Texas Reconstruction violence
By: by Chuck Parsons ; foreword by Kenneth W. Howell
Contributors: Howell, Kenneth Wayne, 1967- writer of foreword
Series: Number 18 in the A.C. Greene series; A.C. Greene series -- no. 18.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Denton, Texas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781574417180; 9781574417265
Subjects: Sheriffs; Biography; State Police; Outlaws; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Frontier and pioneer life; Violence; History; Sutton-Taylor Feud
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-284) and index.
Table of contents: title: A nation torn apart; title: Troubles on the DeWitt-Lavaca Counties line; title: The Choate Ranch raid; title: Action in Matagorda County; title: Feuding against the Taylors; title: "Six shooter gentry"; title: Gunfire at the Billings Store; title: "Attempting to escape"; title: Epilogue: The grave of John Jackson Helm; title: Appendix A: Jack Helm, Dewitt County Captain Commanding; title: Appendix B: Vigilantes in Goliad County; title: Appendix C: State police roster of Capt. Jack Helm; title: Appendix D: Regulators of Goliad County.