(Ebook) Gangster Tour of Texas 1st Edition by T Lindsay Baker ISBN 1603444076 9781603444071

(Ebook) Gangster Tour of Texas 1st Edition by T Lindsay Baker ISBN 1603444076 9781603444071

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ISBN 10: 1603444076 
ISBN 13: 9781603444071
Author: T Lindsay Baker

Bonnie and Clyde, Machine Gun Kelly, the Newton Boys, the Santa Claus Bank Robbers. . . . During the era of gangsters and organized crime, Texas hosted its fair share of guns and gambling, moonshine and morphine, ransom and robbery. The state’s crime wave hit such a level that in 1927 the Texas Bankers Association offered a reward of $5,000 for a dead bank robber; no reward was given for one captured alive.
Veteran historian T. Lindsay Baker brings his considerable sleuthing skills to the dark side, leading readers on a fascinating tour of the most interesting and best preserved crime scenes in the Lone Star State. Gangster Tour of Texas traces a trail of crime that had its beginnings in 1918, when the Texas legislature outlawed alcohol, and persisted until 1957, when Texas Rangers closed down the infamous casinos of Galveston.
Baker presents detailed maps, photographs of criminals, victims, and law officers, and pictures of the crime scenes as they appear today. Steeped in solid historical research, including personal visits by the author to every site described in the book, this volume offers entertaining and informative insights into a particularly lawless period in our nation’s history. Readers interested in true crime, regional history, or this unique aspect of heritage tourism will derive hours of enjoyment as they follow--on the road or from their armchairs--the trail of both cops and robbers in Gangster Tour of Texas.
“Baker knows how to spin a yarn that keeps his readers engrossed; knows that it does history no harm to write it so folks will enjoy many illustrations, maps, and pictures of outlaws, lawmen, victims, witnesses, and crime scenes that accompany each story. Plus, his picture captions are as informative as his story narratives."--Bill Neal, author, Getting Away with Murder on the Texas Frontier

(Ebook) Gangster Tour of Texas 1st Table of contents:

1. Bonnie and Clyde Slept Here: On the Trail of the Barrow Gang

2. Four Brothers in Crime: The Newton Boys, Express Car and Bank Robbers of Uvalde

3. The Southern Pacific Payroll Robbery in El Paso: An Attempted Heist, the Murder of an Innocent Man, and an International Prisoner Exchange

4. Becky Rogers, the Flapper Bandit

5. The Stanton Frame-Up: Killing Blameless Men for a Bounty

6. The Santa Claus Bank Robbery

7. Captain Charlie and the Rum King of San Antonio

8. The Urschel Kidnapping: Machine Gun Kelly's Foray into Texas

9. The Texas and Pacific Mail Robbery in Fort Worth: Robbery, Cold-Blooded Murder, and Incarceration on Alcatraz

10. The Unsolved Murder of Frank Nand Singh: Immigrant Smuggling on the Mexican Border in the 1930s

11. The Post Morphine Ring: Dope Dealing at the Edge of the Caprock

12. The Greatest Medical Charlatan of Them All: Dr. John R. Brinkley and His Empire of Fraud in Del Rio

13. High Stakes Gambling Underground at Top O'Hill Terrace

14. Bascom Giles: Bribery at the Highest Levels in the Texas General Land Office

15. The Houston Police Dope Scandal: Selling Heroin Back to the Dealers

16. Two Brothers and Gaming over Gulf Waters: The End of the Gangster Era in Texas

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