Captain Jack Helm – Chuck Parsons (Hardback / Hard Cover)

A Victim of Texas Reconstruction Violence

In Captain Jack Helm, Chuck Parsons explores the life of John Jackson”Jack”Helm, whose main claim to fame has been that he was a victim of man-killer John Wesley Hardin. That he was, but he was much more in his violence-filled lifetime during Reconstruction Texas. First as a deputy sheriff, then county sheriff, and finally captain of the notorious Texas State Police, he developed a reputation as a violent and ruthless man-hunter. He arrested many suspected lawbreakers, but often his prisoner was killed before reaching a jail for”attempting to escape.”This horrific tendency ultimately brought about his downfall. Helm’s aggressive enforcement of his version of”law and order”resulted in a deadly confrontation with two of his enemies in the midst of the Sutton-Taylor Feud.

Author: Chuck Parsons
Format: Hardback / Hard Cover
Pages: 336
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