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30 totalAGNES C. LAUT
PART I - CHAPTER - I TO STRADDLE OR FIGHT II AN INTERLUDE THAT CAME UNANNOUNCED III THE CHALLENGE TO A LOSING FIGHT IV STACKING THE CARDS V THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN VI WHEREIN ONE PLAYS AN UNCONSCIOUS PART VII WHILE LAW MARKS TIME, CRIME SCORES VIII A VICTIM OF LAW'S DELAY IX EIGHT INTO MIGHT X THE HANDY MAN GETS BUSY XI SETTING OUT ON THE LONG TRAIL XII THE MAJESTY OF THE LAW VEILS ITSELF XIII THE MAN ON THE JOB XIV ON THE GAME TRAIL XV THE DESERT XVI BITTER WATERS XVII WHERE THE TRACKS ALL POINT ONE WAY - PART II - XVIII WITHOUT MALICE XIX BALLOTS TOR BULLETS XX A FAITH WORKABLE FOR MEN ON THE JOB XXI THE HAPPY AND TRIUMPHANT HOME-COMING XXII A DOWNY-LIPPED YOUTH IN GRAY FLANNELS XXIII IT AIN'T THE TRUTH I'M TELLIN' YOU: IT'S ONLY WHAT I'VE HEERD XXIV I AM UNCLE SAM XXV THE QUESTION IS—WHICH UNCLE SAM? XXVI THE AWAKENING XXVII THE AWAKENING CONTINUED XXVIII THE UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD - FOREWORD
PART I - THE MAN ON THE JOB - FREEBOOTERS OF THE WILDERNESS - CHAPTER I - TO STRADDLE OR FIGHT
CHAPTER II - AN INTERLUDE THAT CAME UNANNOUNCED
CHAPTER III - THE CHALLENGE TO A LOSING FIGHT
CHAPTER IV - STACKING THE CARDS
CHAPTER V - THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN
CHAPTER VI - WHEREIN ONE PLAYS AN UNCONSCIOUS PART
CHAPTER VII - WHILE LAW MARKS TIME, CRIME SCORES
CHAPTER VIII - A VICTIM OF LAW'S DELAY
Description
In the early 1900s, the American West still simmered with a raw, untamed energy that the book captures with startling clarity. The author pulls back the curtain on a hidden world where timber, grazing lands, and mineral rights are seized by shadowy “freebooters” who manipulate the very officials meant to protect them. From massacred flocks of sheep to the brutal murders of men defending their livelihoods, the narrative reads like a courtroom drama set against sweeping mountain vistas.
Through meticulous research and vivid eyewitness accounts, the work exposes how corrupt sheriffs, deceptive “handy men,” and even federal agents become complicit in a systematic plunder of public resources. The author’s relentless questioning of law, policy, and power invites listeners to consider how these historic injustices echo in today’s struggles over land and governance. It is a compelling, fact‑driven portrait of a frontier where the line between lawman and outlaw blurs, leaving the listener both informed and unsettled.
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Language
en
Duration
~9 hours (566K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2006-04-04
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Agnes C. Laut
1871–1936
Drawn from the energy of frontier Winnipeg, this Canadian writer turned the drama of exploration, settlement, and social change into popular history and fiction. Her work ranged from journalism and novels to vivid accounts of the Canadian Northwest and the American West.
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