The last sheriff in Texas a true tale of violence and the vote
(Audiobook CD)
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Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, [2018].
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Greenwood Lake Public Library - Adult Book on CD | 976.41 MCC | On Shelf |
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LC Subjects
Audiobooks on CD.
Beeville (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century.
Beeville (Tex.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Beeville (Tex.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Elections -- Texas -- Beeville -- Case studies.
Ennis, Vail.
History.
Police misconduct -- Texas -- Beeville -- Case studies.
Sheriffs -- Texas -- Beeville -- Case studies.
Beeville (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century.
Beeville (Tex.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Beeville (Tex.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Elections -- Texas -- Beeville -- Case studies.
Ennis, Vail.
History.
Police misconduct -- Texas -- Beeville -- Case studies.
Sheriffs -- Texas -- Beeville -- Case studies.
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Published
Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, [2018].
Format
Audiobook CD
Physical Desc
8 sound discs (9 hr., 15 min.) : digital, 4 3/4 inches.
Language
English
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In container (17 cm.).
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Title from container.
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Compact disc.
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Narrated by Jeff Brick.
Description
Beeville, Texas, was the most American of small towns -- the place that GIs had fantasized about while fighting through the ruins of Europe, a place of good schools, clean streets, and churches. Old West justice ruled, as evidenced by a 1947 shootout when outlaws surprised popular sheriff Vail Ennis at a gas station and shot him five times, point-blank, in the belly. Ennis managed to draw his gun and put three bullets in each assailant; he reloaded and shot them three times more. Time magazine's full-page article on the shooting was seen by some as a referendum on law enforcement owing to the sheriff's extreme violence, but supportive telegrams from all across America poured into Beeville's tiny post office. Yet when a second violent incident threw Ennis into the crosshairs of public opinion once again, the uprising was orchestrated by an unlikely figure: his close friend and Beeville's favorite son, Johnny Barnhart. Barnhart confronted Ennis in the election of 1952: a landmark standoff between old Texas, with its culture of cowboy bravery and violence, and urban Texas, with its lawyers, oil institutions, and a growing Mexican population. The town would never be the same again. The Last Sheriff in Texas is a riveting narrative about the postwar American landscape, an era grappling with the same issues we continue to face today. Debate over excessive force in law enforcement, Anglo-Mexican relations, gun control, the influence of the media, urban-rural conflict, the power of the oil industry, mistrust of politicians and the political process -- all have surprising historical precedence in the story of Vail Ennis and Johnny Barnhart.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
McCollom, J. P., & Brick, J. (2018). The last sheriff in Texas: a true tale of violence and the vote . Recorded Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McCollom, James P. and Jeff, Brick. 2018. The Last Sheriff in Texas: A True Tale of Violence and the Vote. Recorded Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McCollom, James P. and Jeff, Brick. The Last Sheriff in Texas: A True Tale of Violence and the Vote Recorded Books, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McCollom, James P.,, and Jeff Brick. The Last Sheriff in Texas: A True Tale of Violence and the Vote Recorded Books, 2018.
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