Gordon Hines

""Alfalfa Bill: An Intimate Biography"" is a book written by Gordon Hines that chronicles the life of William H. ""Alfalfa Bill"" Murray, a prominent figure in Oklahoma politics during the early 20th century. The book provides a detailed account of Murray's life, starting from his humble beginnings in Texas to his rise to political power in Oklahoma. Throughout the book, Hines explores Murray's political career, including his time as governor of Oklahoma and his failed attempts to become president of the United States. Hines also delves into Murray's personal life, including his relationships with his family and his struggles with alcoholism. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with Murray's family and colleagues, ""Alfalfa Bill"" offers a comprehensive look at the life and legacy of one of Oklahoma's most controversial political figures. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of Oklahoma politics or the life of William H. Murray.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Gangs of outlaws were overrunning Oklahoma Territory when E. D. Nix was appointed U.S. marshal in 1893. His memoir evokes a time and place that brought criminals and merchants and cowpunchers and settlers together, often explosively. Oklahombres, originally published in 1929, is an authentic history of human wildness. In these pages the Dalton brothers are shown in full career, as well as the Doolin gang, Bitter Creek Newcomb, Henry Starr, Cattle Annie, Rolla Kapp, Dick Yeager, the Jennings boys, and a large cast of cattle thieves, counterfeiters, and whiskey peddlers. Lawmen are no less memorable than the lawless: Bill Tilghman, Chris Madsen, and Heck Thomas are among the deputies who help Nix in his cleaning-up campaign. Adding to the richness of this account of early days in Oklahoma Territory are such personages as Judge Isaac Parker, Rose of Cimarron, and Chief Bacon Rind of the Osage Indians.Nix himself emerges as a public official of great integrity. Because of his adherence to a code of honor, he could later say that during his administration "not a single man was killed who was not a notorious lawbreaker." Perhaps his proudest moment came when he fired the gun that sent homesteaders rushing into the Cherokee Strip on September 16, 1893. That scene, described with cinematic vividness, is one of many high points in Oklahombres.