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Captain Jack Helm

Name: Captain Jack Helm
Brand: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS PRESS
SKU: 9781574417180
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS PRESSISBN: 9781574417180

A Victim of Texas Reconstruction Violence

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By Chuck Parsons, Foreword by Kenneth W. Howell
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS PRESS
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Format: HARDBACK
Dimensions: 229 x 152 mm
Weight: 580 g
Pages: 336

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In Captain Jack Helm, Chuck Parsons explores the life of John Jackson "Jack" Helm, whose main claim to fame has been that he was a victim of man-killer John Wesley Hardin. That he was, but he was much more in his violence-filled lifetime during Reconstruction Texas. First as a deputy sheriff, then county sheriff, and finally captain of the notorious Texas State Police, he developed a reputation as a violent and ruthless man-hunter. He arrested many suspected lawbreakers, but often his prisoner was killed before reaching a jail for "attempting to escape." This horrific tendency ultimately brought about his downfall. Helm's aggressive enforcement of his version of "law and order" resulted in a deadly confrontation with two of his enemies in the midst of the Sutton-Taylor Feud.

Chuck Parsons is the author of Captain John R. Hughes and The Sutton-Taylor Feud and coauthor of A Lawless Breed, a biography of John Wesley Hardin, and The Notorious Luke Short. He lives in Luling, Texas.

Captain Jack Helm is more than a fine gunfighter biography: it is a vivid statement about the murderous violence of Reconstruction in Texas."" - Bill O'Neal, State Historian of Texas

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