Jesse Sublett

Last Gangster in Austin: Frank Smith, Ronnie Earle, and the End of a Junkyard Mafia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A true-crime showdown that takes readers back to the grittier and weirder Austin of the 1970s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: UNIV OF TEXAS PR
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 138mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9781477323984
• ISBN-10: 1477323988
• Artikelnr.: 62820882

Autorenporträt

Jesse Sublett is an author, musician, and painter in Austin. This is his fourteenth book. He last wrote about the Austin underworld in 1960s Austin Gangsters: Organized Crime That Rocked the Capital. Other notable books include Armadillo World Headquarters: A Memoir (with Eddie Wilson), and his memoir Never the Same Again: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Gothic.

Inhaltsangabe

Author’s Note. A Deep Dive
Introduction. Junkyard Owner Shotguns Robber: Was It a Setup?
Chapter 1. Baptist Preacher’s Son
Chapter 2. The Eagle Scout
Chapter 3. Texas Package
Chapter 4. The Big Hassle
Chapter 5. Best Job He Ever Had
Chapter 6. The Two Franks
Chapter 7. This Is War
Chapter 8. He Can Always Go Step on Bugs
Chapter 9. A Is for Arson
Chapter 10: The Robbery
Chapter 11: Power
Chapter 12. Star Time
Chapter 13. The Trial
Chapter 14. Aftermath
Acknowledgments
Notes
Photo Credits
Index