Recommended Reading
Historical Resources
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- Old West/American Frontier
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- Title: Black Gun, Silver Star
- Subject: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves
- Author: Art T. Burton
- Published: University of Nebraska Press, 2006
- Title: Desert Lawmen
- Subject: The High Sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona
- Author: Larry D. Ball
- Published: 1992 by the University of New Mexico Press
- Title: Down Darkness Wide
- Subject: U.S. Marshals and the last frontier (Alaska)
- Author: James Chenoweth
- Published: Publish America, 2004
- Title: Law West of Fort Smith
- Subject: A History of Frontier Justice in the Indian Territory, 1834-1896
- Author: Glenn Shirley
- Published: First Bison Book Printing, July, 1968
- Title: Marshal: The Story of the U.S. Marshals Service
- Subject: Here is the real story of true grit and daring deeds
- Author: Norm Goldstein
- Published: 1991
- Title: Selden Lindsey
- Subject: A True Story of the Old West
- Author: Harrell McCullough
- Published: Paragon Publishing, 1990
- Title: Ted McRoberts: North Country Marshal
- Subject: The Life of North Country Marshal Ted McRoberts in Alaska
- Author: Gene Medaris
- Published: Great Northwest Publishing and Distributing Co., Inc., 1986
- Title: They Called Him Wild Bill
- Subject: The Life and Adventure of James Butler Hickok
- Author: Joseph G. Rosa
- Published: The University of Oklahoma Press, 1964
- Title: Western Lawmen
- Subject: U.S. Marshals and their Deputies, 1850-1920
- Author: Compiled by Mollie Stehno and Written and Edited by Jim Fulbright
- Published: Mid-South Publications, 2015
- Fugitive Apprehension
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- Title: The Flight of the Falcon
- Subject: The true story of the escape and manhunt for Christopher Boyce, America's most wanted spy
- Author: Robert Lindsay
- Published: 1983 by Sandbob, Inc.
- Civil Rights Period
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- Title: An Eyewitness Story of the Civil Rights Movement
- Subject: Firsthand accounts of the Civil Rights Movement
- Author: Sanford Wexler
- Published: Checkmark Books, 1993
- Title: Differing Opinions
- Subject: Memories of a United States Marshal
- Author: Charles E. Burrows
- Published: 1998
- Title: Eyes on the Prize, America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965
- Subject: A history of the Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1965
- Author: Juan Williams
- Published: Blackside, Inc., 1987
- Title: Parting the Waters
- Subject: America in the King Years 1954-63
- Author: Taylor Branch
- Published: Simon and Schuster, 1988
- Title: An American Insurrection-The Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962
- Subject: Civil Rights
- Author: William Doyle
- Published: Doubleday, 2001
- Official History of the United States Marshals Service
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- Title: Badges of the United States Marshals
- Subject: History and gallery of United States Marshals Service badges
- Author: Raymond Sherrard and George Stumpf
- Published: RHS Enterprises, 1991
- Title: Forging the Star
- Subject: The Official Modern History of the United States Marshals Service
- Author: David S. Turk
- Published: University of North Texas Press, 2016
- Title: The Lawmen
- Subject: United States Marshals and their Deputies, 1789-1989
- Author: Frederick S. Calhoun
- Published: The Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989
- Children's Books
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- Title: George Washington's Revolutionary Marshals
- Subject: Children's Book on the beginnings of the U.S. Marshals Service
- Author: Rae Ann Victor
- Published: Infinity Publishing, 2004
- Title: My Brother J-Boy
- Subject: Children's Book on the life of James Meredith
- Author: Hazel Janell Meredith (a.k.a. Hilda Hall)
- Published: American Press, 2008
- Title: The U.S. Marshals Service, Catching Fugitives
- Subject: Children's book on catching fugitives
- Author: Connie Colwell Miller
- Published: 2008 by Capstone Press
- Memoirs
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- Title: Chasing Bandits
- Subject: Ten Stories of Bad Guys and the Good Guys Who Catch Them
- Author: Luke J. Adler
- Published: Published in the United States, 2014
- Title: One Marshals Badge
- Subject: A Memoir of Fugitive Hunting, Witness Protection, and the U.S. Marshals Service
- Author: Louie McKinney with Pat Russo
- Published: Potomac Books, Inc., 2009
- Title: Quest for Justice
- Subject: From Deputy Sheriff to Federal Judge
- Author: Henry E. Hudson
- Published: Loft Press, Incorporated, September 2007
- Title: Selden Lindsey
- Subject: A True Story of the Old West
- Author: Harrell McCullough
- Published: Paragon Publishing, 1990
- Title: Ted McRoberts: North Country Marshal
- Subject: The Life of North Country Marshal Ted McRoberts in Alaska
- Author: Gene Medaris
- Published: Great Northwest Publishing and Distributing Co., Inc., 1986
- Title: U.S. Marshals: Inside America's Most Storied Law Enforcement Agency
- Subject: Tells the thrilling inside story of today’s U.S. Marshals in their own words
- Author: Mike Earp and David Fisher
- Published: Harper Collins Publishers, 2014
- Title: Chasing Evil: Pursuing Dangerous Criminals with the U.S. Marshals
- Subject: Modern Memoir, 1980s-2010s, D.C. Sniper Case Analysis
- Author: William J. Sorukas, Jr.
- Published: Author house, 2021
- Title: Apprehended: Riding Shotgun with U.S. Marshals in the Mid-90s
- Subject: Memoirs, Case History
- Author: William Bonk
- Published: Pantacle [Publishing] LLC, 2022
- Title: In Death's Shadow
- Subject: Memoirs, 1970s through 2000s, Case History
- Author: David M. Branham and Robert C. Leschorn
- Published: 2023
- Title: Lucky Thirteen: Memoir of One of the First Female Deputy Marshals
- Subject: Memoirs, 1970s and 1980s, Case History
- Author: Iris Hattersley
- Published: [Independent], 2022
- Title: Non-Disclosure
- Subject: Memoir, Witness Protection Program
- Author: George Dapra
- Published: Outskirts Press, 2017
- General History
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- Title: Badges of Law and Order
- Subject: Brief histories of metropolitan police forces across the country
- Author: George E. Virgines
- Published: Cochran Publishing Company, 1987
- Title: Deadly Affrays
- Subject: Violent Deaths of the United States Marshals Service, 1789-2004
- Author: Robert Ernst with George Stumpf
- Published: Scarlet Mask Enterprises, 2006
- Title: Hunter and Howlers
- Subject: Threats and Violence against Federal Judicial Officials in the United States, 1789-1993
- Author: Frederick S. Calhoun
- Published: United States Marshals Service, 1998
- Title: Origins of the Federal Judiciary
- Subject: Essays on the Judiciary Act of 1789
- Author: Maeva Marcus
- Published: Oxford University Press, 1992
- Magazines
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- Title: The Federal Lawyer: A Brief Primer on the History of the U.S. Marshals Service
- Subject: Brief History of the United States Marshals Service
- Author: David S. Turk
- Published: August 2008