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Fighting Marlows: Men Who Wouldn't Be Lynched, Vol. 12  
Author: Glenn Shirley
ISBN: 0875651305
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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From Booklist
Today the names of the Marlow brothers are familiar only to historians of the West. If anything, the general public is aware of the John Wayne movie The Sons of Katie Elder, based on the brothers' lives. Numerous articles and books have also been written about the Marlows, but they tend to be as nearly fictional as the movie. Shirley's extensive research into court records results in a factual account that is actually more fascinating than anything fictional. In 1888 the Marlows were charged with cattle rustling and murder. They were tried by public opinion, and even the law officer responsible for their protection betrayed them. Their fight against mob justice took many bizarre turns, a tale that provides a gripping, action-filled glimpse of the Old West. Illustrated throughout with photos from Marlow descendants. Fred Egloff




Fighting Marlows: Men Who Wouldn't Be Lynched, Vol. 12

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Many people in northern Texas and southwestern Oklahoma still believe that the Marlow brothers - George, Charles, Alf, and Epp - were thieves and killers. In 1888 they were charged with rustling and murder, tried by public opinion, and betrayed by law officials responsible for their safety. After Alf and Epp were killed in a brutal ambush, Charles and George accomplished a grisly escape, only to be caught and sent to Dallas for trial where, for their own protection, they were deputized as marshals. Their story, as lurid and adventuresome as any western saga, significantly documents late nineteenth-century law enforcement in the Southwest. The Marlows' fight for justice was glamorized in The Sons of Katie Elder, the movie starring John Wayne and Dean Martin, and has been told in various forms in several publications. Glenn Shirley has documented this bizarre episode in law enforcement history in a definitive account that will become the standard reference and a classic in the annals of outlaw literature.

FROM THE CRITICS

BookList - Fred Egloff

Today the names of the Marlow brothers are familiar only to historians of the West. If anything, the general public is aware of the John Wayne movie "The Sons of Katie Elder", based on the brothers' lives. Numerous articles and books have also been written about the Marlows, but they tend to be as nearly fictional as the movie. Shirley's extensive research into court records results in a factual account that is actually more fascinating than anything fictional. In 1888 the Marlows were charged with cattle rustling and murder. They were tried by public opinion, and even the law officer responsible for their protection betrayed them. Their fight against mob justice took many bizarre turns, a tale that provides a gripping, action-filled glimpse of the Old West. Illustrated throughout with photos from Marlow descendants.

     



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