Strengthening the Long Arm of the Law


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The Long Arm of the Law


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The Long Arm of the Law


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THREE LEGENDS, ONE LAW When Clint Adams gets caught in a town that makes its money off murdering strangers like him, he finds an unlikely ally in a lightning-handed shootist known as Slocum. Luckily, they both get out alive. Unluckily for the Gunsmith, when he heads to Denver, he finds himself a wanted man. But not for murder. A hard-nosed deputy federal marshal by the name of Custis Long needs his help to bring in Aaron Caulfield, whose vile depredations upon men, women, and children are the stuff of nightmares. Now, with a badge he doesn't want and a partner he wants even less, the Gunsmith is going to walk the line between upholding the law—and unleashing his own brand of justice . . . THE GUNSMITH’S 300TH ADVENTURE A SPECIAL GUNSMITH NOVEL FEATURING GUEST APPEARANCES BY THE LEGENDARY LONGARM AND SLOCUM!




The Long Arm of the Law


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Cops and Bobbies


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A study of how the two police forces of London and New York shaped their enduring public images in the mid-19th century. Documents and analyzes crucial decisions made during this period by heads of the police forces, which created distinctive styles of authority and fostered different public responses to the police image. First published in 1977, this edition provides a new preface discussing how police historiography has changed in the past 20 years. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




Booze


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Booze runs through Canadian social history like rivers through the land. And like rivers with their currents and rapids. backwaters and shoals. booze mixes elements of danger and pleasure. Craig Heron explores Canadians' varied experiences with and shifting attitudes towards alcohol in this revealing. richly illustrated book. Book jacket.




The Long Arm


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Longarm #432


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These moonshiners trade in firewater…and death! One good lawman has already been murdered in pursuit of Missouri moonshiners who could care less if their rotgut leaves a person blind—or even dead. Now it’s Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long’s turn to search out their stills and make sure these moonshiners don’t see the light of day. But as Longarm explores the back country, he learns there’s far more at stake than selling bad hooch to the locals. Intoxicated by greed, one man is behind an ambitious whiskey-running operation to sell firewater—and firearms—to the Indians. It’s up to Longarm to give this liquor-lugging lunatic a shot and a chaser of a little something called justice…







Longarm 335


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Longarm’s saddled with a she-devil! The son of a legendary Civil War hero, U.S. Deputy Marshal Bradford G. Gumm wanted to forge his own legend by bringing peace to the range war-torn region of Pine Valley, Arizona—only to vanish before he could. Now, Longarm must locate his fellow marshal with the help of Gumm’s fiancée, Julia Konrad. Her uppity, spoiled, high society upbringing tends to grate on Longarm’s nerves, but even he has to admire her willingness to risk life and limb for her intended. Except now that she’s gotten a taste for frontier life, she’s set her sights on Longarm—and Julia always gets what she wants…