The branch and the scaffold
Subtitle: a novel of Judge Parker
By: Loren D. Estleman
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Forge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780765315991
Subjects: Outlaws; Judges; Frontier and pioneer life; Historical fiction; Western stories; Biographical fiction; Fiction
Description: When Judge Isaac Parker first arrived in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the town had thirty saloons and one bank. Inheriting a corrupt court and a lawless territory roughly the size of Great Britain, he immediately put the residents on notice by publicly hanging six convicted felons at one time. For the next two decades, his stern and implacable justice brought law and order to the West ... and made him plenty of enemies.
Notes: "A Tom Doherty Associates book."