Selectively Lawless
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Asa Dunnington. Selectively Lawless
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To Cheryl, David, Steve, and grandchildren.
True enough, but the fact is that the mythic outlaw of the frontier cannot be confined to the time and place where he first entered American popular culture. That’s what we discover in the pages of Selectively Lawless by Asa Dunnington, the saga of a remarkable man named Emmett Long: “a rancher by profession and a gambler by passion,” but also the proprietor of a speakeasy and a brothel, a bank robber, a moonshiner, a card shark, and much else besides—an authentic American original.
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Emmett grinned. “Looks like it’s my lucky night, fellers,” he blurted. “That’s all I know how to play!” The entire room burst into laughter.
“Oh, we’re gonna get along just fine, Emmett Long from Pottsboro, Texas!”
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