Matthew S Luckett

Never Caught Twice

Horse Stealing in Western Nebraska, 1850-1890

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Produktbeschreibung

Never Caught Twice offers a comprehensive cross-cultural study of horse theft as a crime, a transactional activity, and an intercultural phenomenon on the Great Plains of western Nebraska.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781496233400
• ISBN-10: 1496233409
• Artikelnr.: 63429514

Autorenporträt

Matthew S. Luckett is a lecturer of history and an academic program coordinator at California State University–Dominguez Hills.  

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations    
List of Maps    
Preface    
Acknowledgments    
Introduction: Maps, Meridians, and Mounts in Western Nebraska    
1. You Must Watch Your Horses    
2. Theft Cultures    
3. The Horse Wars    
4. A Most Tempting Business    
5. From Thieves to Villains    
6. When Horse Thieves Were Hanged    
Epilogue: The Old West in Miniature    
Notes    
Bibliography    
Index