Serial Vigilantes of Paperback Fiction

Serial Vigilantes of Paperback Fiction
Author: Bradley Mengel
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2009-10-21
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 078645475X

Rough justice has often been served in the pages of serial novels, notably beginning with Don Pendleton's The Executioner in 1969. This is the first overview of the serial vigilante genre, which featured such hard-boiled protagonists as Nick Carter, Mark Stone, Jake Brand and Able Team among the 130 series that followed Pendleton's novel. Serial vigilantes repeatedly take the law into their own hands, establishing and imposing their own moral standards, usually by force. The book examines the connections between the serial vigilante and the pulp hero that preceded him and how the serial vigilante has influenced a variety of tough guys, private eyes, spies and cops in different media. A complete bibliography for each series is featured.

The Revenger

The Revenger
Author: Jon Messmann
Publisher: Brash Books
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2022-02-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781954841178

The classic 1970s vigilante series is back... for the first time in nearly fifty years. Ben Martin is a married, Vietnam vet who opens a produce wholesale business in New York City. Life is good until he's threatened by mobsters, who demand protection money from him to continue doing business. But they soon discover that they are the ones who need protection...from him. Instead of backing off, the mob retaliates, leading to bloodshed and tragedy, and spurring Martin into a one-man war on crime that could cost him his soul and his life. "This book works exceptionally well. Ben is a believable action hero. He's not just a good guy with a gun. The breakdown from decent man to cold assassin is a slow burn, but a morbidly entertaining one. A stand-out series." Paperback Warrior "Martin, while capable of violent action, is more introspective than many of his fellow Mafia busters." Serial Vigilantes Of Paperback Fiction "Messmann keeps it real. Martin is prone to a lot of soul-searching. At his core, though, he's still a 'specialist in death' who pulled off so many assassinations in Vietnam that he became legendary. Highly recommended." Glorious Trash This new edition features an Afterword by Eric Compton, co-host of the Paperback Warrior podcast.

The Murders That Made Us

The Murders That Made Us
Author: Bob Calhoun
Publisher: ECW Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2021-05-04
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1773056840

The 170-year history of the San Francisco Bay Area told through its crimes and how they intertwine with the city’s art, music, and politics In The Murders That Made Us, the story of the San Francisco Bay Area unfolds through its most violent and depraved acts. From its earliest days when vigilantes hung perps from downtown buildings to the Zodiac Killer and the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, murder and mayhem have shaped the city into the political and economic force that she is today. The Great 1906 Earthquake shook a city that was already teetering on the brink of a massive prostitution scandal. The Summer of Love ended with a pair of ghastly drug dealer slayings that sent Charles Manson packing for Los Angeles. The 1970s come crashing down with the double tragedy of Jonestown and the assassination of Gay icon Harvey Milk by an ex-cop. And the 21st Century rise of California Governor Gavin Newsom, Trump insider Kimberly Guilfoyle, and Vice President Kamala Harris is told through a brutal dog-mauling case and the absurdity called Fajitagate. It’s a 170-year saga of madness, corruption, and death revealed here one crime at a time.

Vigilantes

Vigilantes
Author: Kevin Grant
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2020-01-03
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1476638683

For many people, the cinematic vigilante has been shaped by Charles Bronson's character in Death Wish and its sequels. But screen vigilantes have taken many guises, from Old West lynch mobs and rogue police officers to rape-avengers and military-trained equalizers. This book recounts the varied representations of such characters in films like The Birth of a Nation, which celebrated the violence of the Ku Klux Klan, and Taxi Driver, Falling Down and You Were Never Really Here, in which the vigilante impulse was symptomatic of mental instability. Also considered is the extent to which fictional vigilantism functions as social commentary and to what degree it is simply stoking popular fears.

The Vigilante's Lover

The Vigilante's Lover
Author: Annie Winters
Publisher: Casey Shay Press
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2015-01-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1938150368

Mia trembles as she reads the letter that arrives from Ridley Prison. The man is a stranger. His words are desperate and passionate. He describes crazy acts Mia has never experienced or known. A thrill zips through her. Should she write him back? She reads it again. Rope ties. Seduction. He longs for some other woman -- she must have given him a fake address. Mia’s address. She should throw it away, or at least return it. After all, he’s a convicted felon. But his words gnaw at her. She’s never done anything dangerous. And no man has ever talked to her like this. So Mia writes him, pretending to be the woman he desires. It's her one dark thrill in her dull, solitary small-town life. The man is in prison for another fifteen years. It's harmless. She is safe enough. Until he escapes. _______ This romantic suspense series is COMPLETE with four volumes.

The Vigilante Hunters

The Vigilante Hunters
Author: John Hone
Publisher: Bookstand Publishing
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2014-06-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781618638397

LAPD Robbery-Homicide detectives track a diabolical serial killer dubbed, "The Vigilante." Up until now, he has only killed reprehensible criminals who have cleverly escaped justice. As the body count rises, so does the pressure to solve the case. With the task force closing in, the vigilante must cross the line and kill just to keep his identity a secret.

Shadow Vigilantes

Shadow Vigilantes
Author: Paul H. Robinson
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2018
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1633884317

"This book examines many examples of how the community has responded when the justice system is perceived to fail."--Book jacket.

Vigilante Nights

Vigilante Nights
Author: Erin Richards
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2013-06-18
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1440562369

A "good boy" will do anything for vengeance when a gang rite kills his twin sister. Will Lucas win, or follow his sister Silver into the darkness? After a hideous car wreck, Lucas wakes from a coma to find that his world is gutted. Not only is his beloved twin sister, Silver, gone forever, but Lucas is broken in body and spirit. He will never be a college athlete, and is robbed of what he now realizes was the most important bond of his life. Although they weren't identical twins, Lucas and Silver shared a bond so fierce it defied reason, and was nearly supernatural. After her death, that bond seems to endure when Lucas sees Silver everywhere he turns. Either he's crazy, or Silver is trying to tell him something about the California gang initiation they stumbled into that cost Silver her life. Lucas is bent on revenge, turning on Raymond, Silver's former boyfriend; the one Lucas never wanted her to date. He forms a posse of vigilantes to take out the gangsters responsible for Silver's death, but he risks not only his own life, but the love of the new girl on his block, who knows more about Lucas and Silver than can be accounted for by mere chance.

A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West

A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West
Author: Nicolas S. Witschi
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 582
Release: 2014-02-03
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1118652517

A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West presents a series of essays that explore the historic and contemporary cultural expressions rooted in America's western states. Offers a comprehensive approach to the wide range of cultural expressions originating in the west Focuses on the intersections, complexities, and challenges found within and between the different historical and cultural groups that define the west's various distinctive regions Addresses traditionally familiar icons and ideas about the west (such as cowboys, wide-open spaces, and violence) and their intersections with urbanization and other regional complexities Features essays written by many of the leading scholars in western American cultural studies

Kill Crime

Kill Crime
Author: Mike Slavin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2019-11-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781687052056

Winner of Literary Titan Gold Book Award and 99% 5 & 4 star 90+ reviews "I love vigilante stories and this is my current favorite..." Gabi Rosetti-Top Amazon Reviewer Bestseller, Kill Crime, is the book in the book. "It isn't murder, if it's justice." The debut crime/thriller will forever change how you look at justice and what can be done about it. Full of twists, turns, and action. Normal, everyday people are tired of waiting for justice. They're killing murderers and getting away with it, thanks to a controversial, best-selling how-to book. Case, intrigued with the book and its mysteries, becomes the hunted after witnessing the author's murder. Case is also hit with tragedy on more than one front, and some friends and family are murdered. He becomes frustrated with the police when leads run out, and he's forced to grapple with the moral decision about ultimate justice. Revenge killing is something he's had to wrestle with before, on the battlefield. A West Point graduate and decorated combat veteran, he has the skills to hunt and kill, but he can't do it alone. He turns to private investigator Trish Teal and hand-picks friends who have certain valuable talents. Case and the team he builds go on the hunt for the killers and for justice that takes them on a frantic chase from Houston and throughout Texas to Reno and Vegas. They must take on the dark side of the oil industry and gambling, and come out alive on the other side.