They made their own law
Subtitle: stories of Bolivar Peninsula
By: by Melanie Wiggins ; portraits by Keith Carter ; foreword by Ellen Rienstra.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Rice University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Houston, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Bolivar Peninsula (Tex.) -- History.
Description: Bolivar Peninsula, at the entry into Galveston Bay, attracted a colorful parade of characters including pirates, military adventurers, smugglers, settlers and oil drillers. In isolated environs everybody did what they wanted, and for years there was only one sheriff who never arrested a soul except a girl who refused to dance with him. Old-timers add their escapades to the narration in They Made Their Own Law, Stories of Bolivar Peninsula.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-277) and index.