Contents
List of Maps and Illustrations
Foreword by Kenneth W. Howell
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. A Nation Torn Apart
2. Troubles on the DeWitt-Lavaca County Line
3. The Choate Ranch Raid
4. Action in Matagorda County
5. Feuding Against the Taylors
6. “Six Shooter Gentry”
7. Gunfire at the Billings Store
8. “Attempting to Escape”
Epilogue: The Grave of John Jackson Helm
Appendix A: Jack Helm, DeWitt County Captain Commanding
Appendix B: Vigilantes in Goliad County
Appendix C: 1870 State Police Roster of Capt. Jack Helm
Appendix D: Regulators of Goliad County
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index