Download or read book Courthouse Cowboys written by P. A. Moore and published by . This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If John Grisham were a mom ... he'd be P.A. Moore." Kathy Dunnehoff, Amazon best-selling author of The Do Over. For Defalco & Defalco, murder is just another ho-hum part of their rural Montana law firm, a two-member establishment tucked above the local health food store. After moving their young family from a big city in California, these 'tall building' lawyers find themselves ostracized by the local attorneys. To make ends meet, the couple must switch sides of the courtroom, from former prosecutors putting bad guys in jail, to defense attorneys trying to get them out. Coming from a legal system that at least gave lip service to the U.S. Constitution, the stunned partners soon encounter an unscrupulous 'good old boy' network that infects Montana's criminal justice system - a handy benefit for the cops, lawyers, and judges, but often hazardous for the accused evildoers. As a mom, Paige Defalco abhors the thought of returning to a 60 hour a week work schedule. She's moved to the wilds of Montana to focus on her two kids but, like most parents, she can't escape the necessity of an income-producing job. So begins her juggling act ... When Paige accepts a job as a Kootenai County public defender, she heads to the local courthouse, daunted by the idea of representing criminals. Once inside, however, sitting in jail with client after client, each with his own story of unjust treatment by the 'Courthouse Cowboys', she realizes the line between good guys and bad guys isn't clear. Every one of them started life as an innocent, just like her own children. Because she refuses to plead everyone guilty, within a month Paige angers the judges (all two of them), the prosecutors (all six of them), the cops (in three towns), and her own colleagues (go-along, get-along officers of the court). Things slide further downhill when she rats out these legal lamebrains to the Montana Supreme Court and the ACLU, making her as popular as a malaria-ridden mosquito. In between kid sporting events and homework, Paige and husband Jack notice murder riddles peaceful Kootenai County, and the Defalcos land right in the middle of that controversy when Paige agrees to represent several of the alleged killers. One such client - disabled, 18-year-old, Ben Stagg - sits in Deer Lodge State Prison serving a 100-year sentence for a homicide he didn't commit. When Paige promises his parents she'll try to help get him out, she unravels illegal and unethical back-door machinations, unheard of except in the movies. Fighting to save her kid client from life and death behind bars, Paige finds herself threatened, investigated by the State Bar, and excoriated in the media. She unearths incest, abuse, and 'demon-possessed' attackers, enlists the help of a psychological expert in such things, and then she learns about Klinefelter's syndrome. That discovery changes everything. In Courthouse Cowboys, P.A. Moore mixes suspense, courtroom drama, and gallows humor into a fast-paced plot based in part on actual cases, public documents, and trial transcripts.
Download or read book The Little Book of Cowboy Law written by Cecil C. Kuhne (III) and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection is a captivating look at the subset of American jurisprudence that illustrates the unique character of cowboy culture. But even with the freedom and relative lawlessness we associate with them, the cowboy -- like the rest of society -- was never far from the courthouse, and the book you have before you contains some fascinating legal disputes that have made their way to the bench.
Download or read book Black Cowboys Of Texas written by Sara R. Massey and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers twenty-four essays about African American men and women who worked in the Texas cattle industry from the slave days of the mid-19th century through the early 20th century.
Download or read book Marvels of the Texas Plains Historic Chronicles from the Courthouse to the Caprock written by Chuck Lanehart and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assemble a composite portrait of the Texas plains through these historic tales. Many thousands of years ago, Clovis Man hunted huge mammoths here. More recently, Waylon Jennings drew his musical inspiration here. In the intervening time, the Texas prairie has been the backdrop for the wildest of Wild West shootouts, landmark legal battles and epic achievements in sports, music and medicine. Familiar icons like Roy Orbison and Dan Blocker, as well as forgotten characters like Charlie "Squirrel-Eye" Emory and John "the Catfish Kid" Gough all helped shape the colorful history of the Texas Plains. Who shot the sheriff? Who was the earliest American? Who invented the slam dunk? Author Chuck Lanehart answers these questions and many more in a wide-ranging collection of stories.
Download or read book Cowboy Justice written by Jim Gober and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look into a period in American history full of sweeping changes--an intensely personal account of the Old West as told by the memoirs of Jim Gober, a Texas lawman.
Download or read book The Cowboy s Mail Order Bride written by Carolyn Brown and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 3 of Cowboys & Brides From New York Times and USA Today-bestselling author Carolyn Brown comes a contemporary Western romance filled to the brim with sexy cowboys, gutsy heroines, and genuine down-home Texas twang. Emily Cooper promised her dying grandfather that she'd deliver a long-lost letter to a woman he once planned to wed. Little does adventurous Emily know that this simple task will propel her to places she never could have imagined...with a cowboy who's straight out of her dreams... When sexy rancher Greg Adams discovers his grandmother Clarice has installed Emily on their ranch as her assistant, he decides to humor the two ladies. He figures Emily will move on soon enough. In the meantime, he intends to keep a close eye on her—he doesn't quite buy her story of his grandmother as a mail-order bride. A lost letter meant a lost love for Clarice, but two generations later, maybe it's not too late for that letter to work its magic. Fans of Linda Lael Miller and Diana Palmer will thrill to this charming story of a sexy Texas rancher and the mail order bride who brought him to one knee. Cowboys & Brides Series: Billion Dollar Cowboy (Book 1) The Cowboy's Christmas Baby (Book 2) The Cowboy's Mail Order Bride (Book 3) How to Marry a Cowboy (Book 4) Praise for Bestselling Contemporary Western Romances by Carolyn Brown: "Sizzling hot and absolutely delectable."—Romance Junkies "Charming...a smoking-hot romance...there's nothing sexier than a cowboy."—RT Book Reviews, 4 stars "Witty dialogue and hilarious banter... Carolyn Brown delivers yet another steamy cowboy romance."—Night Owl Reviews
Download or read book Oil Taxes and Cats written by David J. Murrah and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 2001-09 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the great Texas ranches established during the cattle boom of the 1880s became immediate business successes, but as time passed, many of them failed. The historic ranches that have survived to the present are few. Oil, Taxes, and Cats is the story of one of the survivors and of the family that kept it alive.
Download or read book Law of the Land written by Elmer Kelton and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An action-packed collection of stories of the old West, Law of the Land includes the never-before-published "Biscuits for a Bandit." Sixteen stories, where good meets bad, and everything in between, from the legendary author of the west, Elmer Kelton. The Law of the Land chronicles some of his most exciting and dangerous tales of the old west, collected together for the first time. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Ultimate Museum Musings written by Travis Monday and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Transgressors written by Jim Thompson and published by Mulholland Books. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deputy sheriff Tom Lord knows by now that far-west Texas is the place he'll always call home. He's spent too much time in the region's small towns to adapt to another place. And that's all right with him. What's not all right is being a deputy sheriff, where if it weren't for family misfortune, he might have been a doctor instead. Lord's got one ace-in-the-hole -- the land deed that makes him the biggest landowner in the county, just as the oil companies have started to move in. When Tom's approached by Aaron McBride of Highlands Oil and Gas with a contract to set up pipelines on his property, he's more than happy to sign on the dotted line with barely more than a cursory glance at the paperwork -- it just might be Lord's way out of a life he never wanted in the first place. But when Lord finds out just what that contract entailed, things start to go sour for Aaron McBride -- and fast. Because in this Texas town, Lord's the law -- and there's nothing more dangerous than a cop with nothing left to lose.
Download or read book The American West written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 1128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Courthouses of Texas written by Mavis P. Kelsey and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A county courthouse stands not only as the center of government, but also as the center of civic pride. Some with stately towers and arched doors or windows, some with high brick chimneys and mansard roofs, some in modern concrete and glass, the 254 courthouses of Texas provide an invitation to public life, a testament to the ideal of justice, and an introduction to period architecture. It is no wonder, then, that many tourists each year visit these edifices. This new edition of a classic, indispensable, full-color guide—a true collector’s item for Texas history fans—will help travelers choose which courthouses they want to add to their trips and view them knowledgeably. For each county a color photograph pictures the courthouse and an account sketches the sequence of the seats of government, the location and style of the current building, and tidbits of fascinating lore about county and county seat names and history. Courthouses and the “squares” around many of them offer a bonanza for history buffs, antique collectors, genealogists, architecture enthusiasts, and photographers. Many of them house or are near local history museums, and many display historical markers that introduce the area to visitors. Especially in many smaller county seats, the courthouse square offers a genre scene of a special moment in Texas’ life. Included in this updated edition are the latest views of some of Texas’ most historic and architecturally significant courthouses, including those restored under the Texas Historical Commission’s Historic Courthouse Preservation Program. For all those who plan their travels to see courthouses, and all those who in their travels for other reasons enjoy detours into the heritage and pride of a people, this beautiful and informative book opens the way.
Download or read book Ghost Towns written by Martin Harry Greenberg and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of stories about the American West with a dark underlying theme, including works written by such authors as Desmond Barry, Jerry Raine, Jeremiah Healy, and Terence Butler.
Download or read book Texas Icons written by Donna Ingham and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful photographs and evocative essays showcase 50 iconic places, events, inventions, foods and "objects" -- some obvious, some unexpected -- that convey the personality of Texas.
Download or read book Separate Realities written by W.W. Worley and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-28 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ezekial Robertson went to war before he was old enough to shave. He fought and killed those he learned too late were not his enemies. Returning from the insane and confusing war, there was no family left for him at home in Carolina so he left for Texas in search of a cure for his chronic loneliness and unrelenting yearning. Along the way he met other pilgrims searching for their lives and through the miles and struggles they melded into a tight-knit family of misfits. Together they stood against bandits, reconstruction conditions, Comanche and Kiowa and built a home together in the Wild West Texas wilderness. Each member of this family of friends struggles with life and their own sorrows. Some were blessed to learn that sorrows cure was there beside them, in God-given friendship, as each lived through and toward their own separate reality.
Download or read book Comprehensive Calendar of Bicentennial Events written by and published by . This book was released on 1976-06 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Honor of a Cowboy written by Charles Kenmore Ulrich and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
