united states marshals

An account of marshalls past and present from 1789 to the present. Also covers the Witness Security Program and many who have been touched by the U.S. Marshals.

The story of Bass Reeves who was born a slave and later became one of the most respected federal marshals in Oklahoma and Texas.

U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his partner Chuck Aule begin to fear for their own lives and sanity when their investigation on Shutter Island into how a patient escaped the Ashcliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane yields more questions than answers.

In 1870s Arkansas, fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross persuades U.S. Marshal "Rooster" Cogburn to ride into Indian Territory and help her capture the gang of outlaws who murdered her father.

Examines the history and duties of the U.S. Marshal Service, America's first national police force, discusses some of the issues tackled by the the Marshals, including counterfeiting, court security, enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act, the pursuit of bootleggers, the Witness Security Program, and others, and includes a tribute to agents killed in the line of duty.

U.S. Marshal Roland Larson, having lived with regret ever since losing contact with Hope Stevens, a government witness against the Romero crime family, embarks on a desperate search for Stevens who has disappeared after learning the Romeros have gotten hold of the master list of people in the witness protection program and are auctioning off names to the highest bidders.

A biography of Wyatt Earp that seeks to dispel the Hollywood image that has made a hero of him and instead realistically portray him as an opportunist who played both sides of the law and only sought to improve his reputation later in life after he became nationally known for his involvement in a scandal about the fixing of a heavyweight prize fight in 1896.

Readers will find out about the extraordinary life of Wyatt Earp, a well-known lawman of the Wild West.

Describes the weapons, gear, and vehicles that U.S. Marshals use, and how they hunt down and capture criminals and fugitives.

Profiles Wyatt Earp, a peace officer in the "Wild West" who is remembered for his part in a gunfight at the O.K. Corral, where a dozen men fought, several died, and only Earp was not shot.