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Wrecked Lives and Lost Souls: Joe Lynch Davis and the Last of the Oklahoma Outlaws by Jerry Thompson (review)

Wrecked Lives and Lost Souls: Joe Lynch Davis and the Last of the Oklahoma Outlaws by Jerry... 2020 Book Reviews 105 from his Oklahoma Indian agent appointment was, to Parsons, “no more than political shenanigans” that had little impact on his reputation (244). Although Hall’s dismissal brought an increase in livestock killings and other crimes on the reser vation, he was not returned to agency duty, nor would he return to the Frontier Battalion. Hall “ended that illustrious career for love,” Parsons writes, less with a sense of recrimination than with a sense of regret (311). Fiancée Bessie Weidman’s anxiety for Hall’s safety prompted his resignation from the Rangers and his search for a less dangerous occupation, but he never found a better calling. Parsons’s disappointment is palpable; that Hall was worthy of respect is never in doubt. Familiar names emerge during Hall’s Ranger period: Ben Thompson, John Wesley Hardin, Sam Bass, and childhood friend William Sydney Porter (later known as the short story writer O. Henry). Texas media heralded Hall’s capture of seven defiant gunmen, bringing an end to the Sutton-Taylor feud, and his prowess in the Campbell store gunfight in Atascosa County. The adventures came to an end in 1911 after alcohol, depression, and injuries took their toll. Gleaned from 120 newspapers, fifteen different http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southwestern Historical Quarterly Texas State Historical Association

Wrecked Lives and Lost Souls: Joe Lynch Davis and the Last of the Oklahoma Outlaws by Jerry Thompson (review)

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Texas State Historical Association
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2020 Book Reviews 105 from his Oklahoma Indian agent appointment was, to Parsons, “no more than political shenanigans” that had little impact on his reputation (244). Although Hall’s dismissal brought an increase in livestock killings and other crimes on the reser vation, he was not returned to agency duty, nor would he return to the Frontier Battalion. Hall “ended that illustrious career for love,” Parsons writes, less with a sense of recrimination than with a sense of regret (311). Fiancée Bessie Weidman’s anxiety for Hall’s safety prompted his resignation from the Rangers and his search for a less dangerous occupation, but he never found a better calling. Parsons’s disappointment is palpable; that Hall was worthy of respect is never in doubt. Familiar names emerge during Hall’s Ranger period: Ben Thompson, John Wesley Hardin, Sam Bass, and childhood friend William Sydney Porter (later known as the short story writer O. Henry). Texas media heralded Hall’s capture of seven defiant gunmen, bringing an end to the Sutton-Taylor feud, and his prowess in the Campbell store gunfight in Atascosa County. The adventures came to an end in 1911 after alcohol, depression, and injuries took their toll. Gleaned from 120 newspapers, fifteen different

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Southwestern Historical Quarterly – Texas State Historical Association

Published: Jul 3, 2020

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