The State Line Mob: A True Story of Murder and Intrigue

by W.R. Morris

The story that could not be written till now! I have been collecting this informatin for more than twenty years. I was personally acquainted with many of the outlaws who nested in the dives along the Tennessee-Mississippi border, and I crossed paths with them while I was doing research for Buford Pusser's authorized biography, The Twelfth of August . Pusser fought the state-line criminals during his entire six-year reign as sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee. During the state-line wars, Pusser created a larger-than-life image. But while walking tall, he often walked outside the law. Members of the state-line mob were bold and colorful. They lived hard and fast. Most of them died the same way. ?W. R. Morris

Genres: History, Crime

196 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1990

Reviews

[Joshua · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is the interesting and bizarre story of Sheriff Buford Pusser and the assassination of mob boss Carl Douglas "Towhead" White.

[Chris Vaile · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting

[Troy Soos · Rating 1 out of 5]

I picked this up because I had seen the original "Walking Tall" and was interested in the historical background to the movie. But the material in this book is poorly organized and the writing is amateurish.

[Walt · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the few books that discusses the Dixie Mafia.

[Adam Garrett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good read. And not saying that bc my grandfather is Billy Garrett. He died when my father was 15 or so and them my father died when I was four. The Silverado rink in the 80s and 90s. Went to boost one and ended up being a bait truck. Him and the driver Norman Faulkner had their tires shot out and flipped car landing on my father's arm ended up burning to death. So the book help to get an ideal of who my grandfather was.

[M. Breitenstein · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read, but Morris gets most of his information from the criminals that were against Buford Pusser. The facts do not add up if you read other books about these very same people.

[Barry · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was ok. The stories were decent but that’s what the entire book was, a bunch of stories thrown together with little rhyme nor reason. There wasn’t really anything tying the stories together.

[DeAnna Whisenant-Arnold · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read if you are interested in the history of Coeinth and the Stateline during this Era. I enjoyed because I had grown up during this time and had heard of these people.

[Jeremy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very interesting read. Though, be warned, there appears to be a fair amount of hearsay/speculation. Still, an interesting read regardless.

[Chandler King · Rating 5 out of 5]

Joyce - “I like it dry”, with a “Betty Davis smile” and “oh yeah, I killed him” and “Chandler, there’s still a cowgirl out there” and with a “dry giggle”, gentlemen she said - “Sometimes you have to clear it”

King - “Piss on’em” and “I’ll bypass on that” and “the whole world’s gone to hell” and perhaps some wisdom - “fuck that bullshit commission”