Last Gangster In Austin
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Last Gangster In Austin
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Author : Jesse Sublett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-04-19
Last Gangster In Austin written by Jesse Sublett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-19 with categories.
This thrilling true-crime saga takes readers back to the smaller, grittier, weirder Austin of the 1970s and a showdown between D.A. Ronnie Earle and Frank Smith, the corrupt, powerful bail bondsman and junkyard king.
Last Gangster In Austin
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Author : Jesse Sublett
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2022-06-07
Last Gangster In Austin written by Jesse Sublett and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-07 with History categories.
Ronnie Earle was a Texas legend. During his three decades as the district attorney responsible for Austin and surrounding Travis County, he prosecuted corrupt corporate executives and state officials, including the notorious US congressman Tom DeLay. But Earle maintained that the biggest case of his career was the one involving Frank Hughey Smith, the ex-convict millionaire, alleged criminal mastermind, and Dixie Mafia figure. With the help of corrupt local authorities, Smith spent the 1970s building a criminal empire in auto salvage and bail bonds. But there was one problem: a rival in the salvage business threatened his dominance. Smith hired arsonists to destroy the rival; when they botched the job, he sent three gunmen, but the robbery they planned was a bloody fiasco. Investigators were convinced that Smith was guilty, but many were skeptical that the newly elected and inexperienced Earle could get a conviction. Amid the courtroom drama and underworld plots the book describes, Willie Nelson makes a cameo. So do the private eyes, hired guns, and madams who kept Austin not only weird but also riddled with vice. An extraordinary true story, Last Gangster in Austin paints an unusual picture of the Texas capital as a place that was wild, wonderful, and as crooked as the dirt road to paradise.
1960s Austin Gangsters
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Author : Jesse Sublett
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2015-03-09
1960s Austin Gangsters written by Jesse Sublett and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-09 with History categories.
Timmy Overton of Austin and Jerry Ray James of Odessa were football stars who traded athletics for lives of crime. The original rebels without causes, nihilists with Cadillacs and Elvis hair, the Overton gang and their associates formed a ragtag white trash mafia that bedazzled Austin law enforcement for most of the 1960s. Tied into a loose network of crooked lawyers, pimps and used car dealers who became known as the "traveling criminals," they burglarized banks and ran smuggling and prostitution rings all over Texas. Author Jesse Sublett presents a detailed account of these Austin miscreants, who rose to folk hero status despite their violent criminal acts.
On The Porch
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Author : W. Chase Peeler
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2021-09-14
On The Porch written by W. Chase Peeler and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-14 with Music categories.
In sunbaked Terlingua, Texas (pop., a few hundred), residents joke that there is a musician under every rock. Located ten miles from Mexico in one of the remotest corners of the United States, the town had a recording studio before it had a school, a well-stocked grocery store, or even a water utility. Open jam sessions are a daily ritual, and some songwriters make a living from their craft despite being thousands of miles from New York or Nashville. Why does such a tiny and isolated place ring with singing and guitars? Based on more than two years of on-the-ground research, On the Porch tells the story of this small but remarkable community. Chase Peeler invites us into the music, introducing us to a cast of characters as unique as the town itself. He reveals how novices and experts perform together—a rarity in contemporary America. He recounts the devastation brought on by a border closure and describes how music is once again uniting people across the Rio Grande. He considers the impact of gentrification in an off-the-grid paradise, and how this threatens to transform a precarious musical ecosystem. On the Porch is a celebration of human musicality, of the role that music plays and can play in our lives, both in Terlingua and beyond.
The Last King Of Texas
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Author : Rick Riordan
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-12-03
The Last King Of Texas written by Rick Riordan and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-03 with Fiction categories.
Smart-mouthed private investigator and academic Tres Navarre is reluctant to take up a job at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and with good reason: the last two guys who held the post were murdered. But then a bomb hits the dean's office, and the case begins to feel very close to home. Delving into the past of his predecessor, Tres discovers he was the son of an amusement ride manufacturer known as 'The King of the Carnivals', who was also murdered - and the chief suspect, and gang boss, is back in town after years on the run . . . Dark and deadly, The Last King of Texas is the third book in the multiple-award-winning suspense series by the internationally bestselling author of the Percy Jackson novels.
Armadillo World Headquarters
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Author : Eddie Wilson
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2017-04-04
Armadillo World Headquarters written by Eddie Wilson and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“Eddie’s story is by turns hilarious, informative, and the living spirit of its age. . . . [He] piles the most unlikely anecdotes on top of one another, creating a land of enchantment and an order of chemically altered consciousness that rescues an era I’d thought not so much lost as forgotten. Not only am I thrilled I’ve read this story and wish I was in it, I wish I’d written it.” —Dave Marsh, from the foreword “The Armadillo World Headquarters . . . was one of the most exciting, and remained one of the most exciting, places in the United States for the years that it was in operation. I saw a little of everything at the Armadillo, and it was one of the great experiences of my life.” —Ann Richards, from the author’s preface On August 7, 1970, Eddie Wilson and a band of hippies threw open the doors of Armadillo World Headquarters, and the live music capital of the world was born in Austin, Texas. Over its ten-year lifespan, the Armadillo hosted thousands of high-profile musicians—Willie Nelson, Frank Zappa, Bruce Springsteen, Taj Mahal, AC/DC, Charlie Daniels, the Ramones, Roy Buchanan, and Bette Midler, to name a random few. The Armadillo helped define the Austin lifestyle, culture, and identity, setting the stage for successors such as the SXSW music festival, PBS’s Austin City Limits, and the ACL festival, which have made Austin an international destination for music fans. In this rollicking memoir, Eddie Wilson tells the behind-the-scenes story of the Armadillo from the moment he first peered into a derelict National Guard armory building and knew that destiny had found him. He vividly describes how two previously clashing groups—rednecks and hippies—came together at the Armadillo, enjoying a new blend of country music and rock that spawned a many-named movement: cosmic cowboy, progressive country, and redneck rock, among others. Wilson also reveals the struggles and creative solutions that kept the doors open, the angels who provided timely infusions of cash, the janitors and carpenters who maintained the Dillo, and the artists who created iconic poster art. Extensively illustrated with candid photographs and music posters, Armadillo World Headquarters recounts the story of this legendary venue as no other book can.
Never The Same Again
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Author : Jesse Sublett
language : en
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Release Date : 2004
Never The Same Again written by Jesse Sublett and has been published by Ten Speed Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
- The autobiography of famed punk band member and crime novelist Jesse Sublett, covering his first love's tragic murder, his music career, and his struggle with cancer.
The Last Gangster
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Author : Charlie Richardson
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2014-01-20
The Last Gangster written by Charlie Richardson and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Charlie Richardson, one of Britain's most notorious gangland bosses, sheds light on his extraordinary life story completed just weeks before his death in September 2012. Notorious Charlie Richardson was the most feared gangster in 1960s London. Boss of the Richardson Gang and rival of the Krays, to cross him would result in brutal repercussions. Famously arrested on the day England won the World Cup in 1966, his trial heard he allegedly used iron bars, bolt cutters and electric shocks on his enemies. The Last Gangster is Richardson’s frank account of his largely untold life story, finished just before his death in September 2012. He shares the truth behind the rumours and tells of his feuds with the Krays for supremacy, undercover missions involving politicians, many lost years banged up in prison and reveals shocking secrets about royalty, phone hacking, bent coppers and the infamous black box. Straight up, shocking and downright gripping, this is the ultimate exposé on this legendary gangster and his extraordinary life.
The Midnight Assassin
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Author : Skip Hollandsworth
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2016-04-05
The Midnight Assassin written by Skip Hollandsworth and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-05 with History categories.
A New York Times bestseller, The Midnight Assassin is a sweeping narrative history of a terrifying serial killer--America's first--who stalked Austin, Texas in 1885. In the late 1800s, the city of Austin, Texas was on the cusp of emerging from an isolated western outpost into a truly cosmopolitan metropolis. But beginning in December 1884, Austin was terrorized by someone equally as vicious and, in some ways, far more diabolical than London's infamous Jack the Ripper. For almost exactly one year, the Midnight Assassin crisscrossed the entire city, striking on moonlit nights, using axes, knives, and long steel rods to rip apart women from every race and class. At the time the concept of a serial killer was unthinkable, but the murders continued, the killer became more brazen, and the citizens' panic reached a fever pitch. Before it was all over, at least a dozen men would be arrested in connection with the murders, and the crimes would expose what a newspaper described as "the most extensive and profound scandal ever known in Austin." And yes, when Jack the Ripper began his attacks in 1888, London police investigators did wonder if the killer from Austin had crossed the ocean to terrorize their own city. With vivid historical detail and novelistic flair, Texas Monthly journalist Skip Hollandsworth brings this terrifying saga to life.
Guy Town By Gaslight
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Author : Richard Zelade
language : en
Publisher: True Crime
Release Date : 2014
Guy Town By Gaslight written by Richard Zelade and has been published by True Crime this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
"Richard Zelade is an author and historian from Austin Texas and a graduate of the University of Texas. His writing has appeared in Texas Parks & Wildlife, Texas Monthly, People, Southern Living and American Way, among others. A multidisciplinary historian, and author of four other books, Zelade studies Texas geology, weather, geography, flora, fauna, and ethnic folkways, including the medicinal and food uses of native plants"--