Texas True Crime Miscellany

By Clay Coppedge

Book Overview

From the lawless days of the frontier to the rise of organized crime, Clay Coppedge sifts through eighteen obscure case files to chart the evolution of illegal activity in the Lone Star State.

Outrageous acts of villainy have slowly drifted out of the national limelight and into the dustbin of Texas history. Consider the uproar over the 1879 shooting of actor Drew Barrymore in Marshall and the 1949 murder of oilfield legend Tex Thornton in Amarillo. The 1909 Coryell County courthouse massacre committed by a fourteen-year-old girl remains just as shocking today. For the longsuffering associates of repeat offenders like Fort Worth's Flapper Bandit or Temple's International Man of Mystery, notoriety couldn't fade quickly enough. Join Clay Coppedge on a tour of Texas crimes that time forgot.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467149012
• ISBN13: 9781467149013
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"