The Johnson-Sims feud : Romeo and Juliet, West Texas style /
In the early 1900s, two families in Scurry and Kent counties in West Texas united in a marriage of fourteen-year-old Gladys Johnson to twenty-one-year-old Ed Sims. Billy Johnson, the father, set up Gladys and Ed on a ranch, and the young couple had two daughters. But Gladys was headstrong and willfu...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Denton :
University of North Texas Press,
2010
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | A.C. Greene series ;
9. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction to a blood feud
- Billy Johnson, cattle baron
- Dave Sims, cattle baron
- Gladys and Ed
- E.C. Sims vs. Gladys Sims
- Storm clouds
- Tragedy in Snyder
- The search for revenge
- Assassination and retribution
- Aftermath and redemption
- Rest in peace.
