1960s Austin Gangsters

1960s Austin Gangsters
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 213
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ISBN-10 : 9781625853776
ISBN-13 : 1625853777
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Book Synopsis 1960s Austin Gangsters by : Jesse Sublett

Download or read book 1960s Austin Gangsters written by Jesse Sublett and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timmy Overton of Austin and Jerry Ray James of Odessa were football stars who traded athletics for lives of crime. The original rebels without causes, nihilists with Cadillacs and Elvis hair, the Overton gang and their associates formed a ragtag white trash mafia that bedazzled Austin law enforcement for most of the 1960s. Tied into a loose network of crooked lawyers, pimps and used car dealers who became known as the "traveling criminals," they burglarized banks and ran smuggling and prostitution rings all over Texas. Author Jesse Sublett presents a detailed account of these Austin miscreants, who rose to folk hero status despite their violent criminal acts.


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