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Necktie Parties
Legal Executions in Oregon 1851-1905
Diane L. Goeres-Gardner
Softbound
316 pages with complete index
Publisher: Caxton Press, Caldwell, Idaho
Signed by author, first edition
Date Published: 2005
Diane Goeres-Gardner makes readers eyewitnesses to frontier justice in Necktie Parties.
This is the story of the men who climbed the gallows steps and faced the hangman’s noose
during the early years of settlement in Oregon. Today, capital punishment is a
controversial topic, in the United States and around the world.
That wasn’t the case during the 1800s on America’s western frontier. Executions were
public events drawing hundreds "sometimes thousands" of residents from miles around.
Parents often brought their children, believing the youngsters should learn what
happened to people who choose the wrong paths in life.
The record of Oregon’s hangings during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
is a history of ordinary people who committed extraordinary acts. In many cases,
the condemned enjoyed their notoriety, at least up to the moment the noose was
tightened around their necks.
Goeres-Gardner also looks at the backgrounds of the condemned and their victims,
the crimes and the investigations. The author uses trial records, witness testimony,
newspaper reports and other historical records to bring to life each of the more
than fifty cases included in Necktie Parties.
About the author:
Diane Goeres-Gardner is a fifth generation Oregonian whose ancestors came to the
region in 1852, settling in Tillamook County. She is the author of several published
articles on Oregon history and winner of the 2001 Southern Oregon University Walden
Fellowship. She also captured first place in the narrative division of the 2002
Oregon State Poetry Contest, sponsored by the Oregon State Poetry Association.
A retired reading instructor. school administrator and mother of two daughters,
Diane lives in the Umpqua Valley with her husband and "my little shadow, Cody Dog.."
Condition: Signed first edition, this copy is in excellent condition.
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