Bibliograph

Roy Bean, law west of the Pecos, C.L. Sonnichsen

Type

Label

Roy Bean, law west of the Pecos, C.L. Sonnichsen

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Roy Bean

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

C.L. Sonnichsen

Sub title

law west of the Pecos

Summary

Phantly Roy Bean, Jr. (1825-1903), self-styled "Law West of the Pecos," was an eccentric American saloonkeeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas. According to legend, he held court in his saloon along the Rio Grande on a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of southwest Texas. Southwestern historian and folklorist, C. L. Sonnichsen, lived near Judge Bean's house for several years and decided to pen this biography, first published in 1943, owing to his belief that it was "high time for somebody to look into his history and see how a Roy Bean ever came to be at all." Roy Bean: Law West of the Pecos examines Judge Bean's legendary, as well as factual background and makes for a fascinating read

Target audience

adult

Classification