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Friday, September 10, 2021

John Joel Glanton

John Joel Glanton (1819 – April 23, 1850) was an early settler of Mexican Texas, a Texian fighting for independence, and later a Texas Ranger. After the Mexican–American War, he became a soldier-of-fortune and mercenary and led the notorious Glanton Gang of scalp-hunters in the American South-West.
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  1. ElmoSeptember 10, 2021 at 6:15 AM

    Sounds like Glanton eventually got what he gave. Very fitting.

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    1. LargeMargeSeptember 11, 2021 at 11:17 AM

      Newspaper accounts of the time often embellished the heroic daring-do their preferred candidates, using a 'if it bleeds' system to interest readers and increase sales.
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      Fortunately, honesty prevails in today's journalists!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2021 at 8:09 PM

    The (very loose) basis for the Glanton in Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian".
    --Tennessee Budd

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    1. LargeMargeSeptember 11, 2021 at 10:48 AM

      Blood Meridian.
      After slaughtering a peaceful camp of disarmed Indins fishing along a Texas river, the Comancheros...
      "...proceeded to fornicate the dying and dead..."
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      Similar to the Orwell book '1984', McCarthy is a prophet.... Blood Meridian is a 'how-to' manual.

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