Review Of Jack Skiles Judge Roy Bean Country

The book Judge Roy Bean Country based on the wild and legendary figure at the time. The author Jack Skiles was determined to dig deep and recover the truth about Roy Bean. Caring around a second-hand tape recorder, Skiles went around Texas interviewing Texas rangers, ranchers, treasure hunters, and anybody in the town that knew anything about the judge. In this book, many lies, and myths were brought about from recovering the truth behind the judge’s life. Living in a small town called Langtry, just a couple miles from the Mexico-American border. The judge wanted to grow the town from the bottom up. Trying to bring law enforcement to the town, the judge created his court in a saloon that he would eventually own. Starting this would start

For example, after Skiles interviewed many people and getting the full story of the judge’s life in the town, the judge might have said those awful things about hanging hundreds of people, but there is no record of him doing any of those actions. Many people that knew the judge personally thought he was good and heart and in his right mind would never do those horrific things. Even though the book was well written, there was some weaknesses in the book that make it hard to believe what the author is trying to convey. Such as, being so close to the judge at the time, Skiles could’ve been very biased on what he wrote. Never writing about the other side of the story and what would have happened if the judge was doing those terrible things. Being from Langtry Skiles would never want to talk bad about the judge and risk the town going under. Always praising the judge and always thought the judge was doing the right things to make the town better. After reading the book, it was hard to choose a side. Skiles had some insightful thoughts about the judge, but with the lack of actual evidence on record it is hard for me to believe that the judge never actually did those