Iron men

the long version

Policing the wildest reaches of the Oklahoma frontier, encountering uncooperative, sometimes hostile citizenry, living in constant danger for little to no pay was the life of the "Iron Men," the United States Deputy Marshals of the Reconstruction period. These lawmen of the Native American Territories volunteered for their work. Why they did it and how they kept the country together during one of the most crucial times in our history is described in this book.