Table of Contents
Illustrations vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Prologue xv
Chapter 1 The Call of the Pendencia 1
Chapter 2 The Walls of Huntsville 11
Chapter 3 Gathering at El Paso del Aguila 25
Chapter 4 "Our Entire Frontier Is Infested with Outlaws" 43
Chapter 5 "A Sort of Prince Among Bandits" Photo Gallery 77
Chapter 6 Escape from the Rangers 99
Chapter 7 On the King's Highway 115
Chapter 8 King Fisher, Peace Maker 137
Chapter 9 Into the "Den of Infamy" 147
Chapter 10 A Dozen Carbines 157
Chapter 11 The Times in Which He Lived 169
Appendix A The Pardon of John King Fisher 187
Appendix B The King Fisher Letter to the Express 189
Appendix C Sheriff Boatright's Appointment of J. K. Fisher 191
Appendix D J. K. Fisher's Oath of Office 192
Appendix E Uvalde and Vicinity Communication 194
Appendix F King Fisher Family Tree 196
Appendix G Texas State Historical Marker 198
Endnotes 201
Selected Bibliography 247
Index 257