The Hanging Judge of Fort Smith – Isaac Parker’s Reign on the Frontier (Arkansas)

Описание: In the lawless borderlands of post–Civil War America, Fort Smith, Arkansas, became the final stop for outlaws, killers, and thieves. Presiding over it all was Judge Isaac Parker — a man history would come to know as The Hanging Judge. From 1875 to 1896, Parker sentenced more than 160 men to death, his court serving the vast Indian Territory where marshals rode hundreds of miles to drag fugitives back in chains. To some, he was a symbol of justice in a violent land; to others, a tyrant who let the gallows speak for him. As his deputy marshals — men like Bass Reeves — risked their lives to bring in the worst the frontier had to offer, Parker’s courtroom echoed with final pleas, last words, and the creak of rope. This is the story of a man who tried to tame chaos — and became a legend wrapped in both justice and fear.

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