The Violent End of the Gilliland Boys

Another great book by Denele Campbell.

What leads men to violent death? Is it the character of their ancestry? The result of flawed upbringing? The nature of their times?Among the earliest settlers venturing into Arkansas Territory, pioneer J. C. Gilliland built his wealth from the bare ground of south Washington County. A fertile river valley, hills thick with virgin forest and game, and a tradition of hard work yielded their riches to him and his family. Three sons worked beside him: Jeff, Bud, and Fine. Prosperity and long lives should have been their reward. Instead, all three sons as well as a grandson met early death at the point of a gun. This family history gathers their stories together for the first time, revealing how ancestry, upbringing, and the whims of fate conspire in ways never fully understood.