Hell on the Border: He Hanged Eighty-Eight Men (Abridged, Annotated)

From the blood-and-thunder days of the Old West, where justice rode hard and mercy was in short supply, this is the unforgettable story of Judge Isaac C. Parker—America's legendary "Hanging Judge"—and the wild frontier court that became the most feared and famous in history.

In the late 1800s, Indian Territory was crawling with outlaws, horse thieves, rapists, and murderers. Into this chaos stepped Parker, a man determined to bring law and order where none existed. His Fort Smith courtroom s...