Table of Contents

Preface

Herbert Niccolls Jr.'s Story

Epilogue

Notes

Note on Sources

Index

Promotional Information

The Boy Who Shot the Sheriff is the result of some very impressive research by an author obviously engaged with the subject. And it tells an important story few of us know. -- Joann Byrd, author of Calamity: The Heppner Flood of 1903

About the Author

Nancy Bartley has published in the Seattle Times, Washington Post, Sydney Morning Herald, Toronto Star, Houston Chronicle, and Home Magazine. She lives in Seattle, Washington.

Reviews

"The Boy Who Shot the Sheriff also has contemporary currency - it shows that violent juvenile crime is not a recent phenomenon and it prompts readers during this budget-conscious era to contemplate whether prevention might be more cost-effective than punishment." - Barbara Lloyd McMichael (Bellingham Herald) "Bartley brings both rock-solid reporting and a storyteller's instincts to the job. The result is a sensitive, clear-eyed, and historically framed account of an extraordinary life story." - Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett (Seattle Times) "It is a completely true story, but Bartley uses a literary voice that makes it read like a novel as she brings to light one of the more bizarre crimes in history." - Mike Bookey (Pacific Northwest Inlander) "Seattle journalist Nancy Bartley uses the Niccolls case as a lens through which to examine the development of the juvenile justice system." - Katie Schneider (Oregon Live) "Readers learn what a life behind bars was like in the days when murderers were still hung and there were no provisions for young offenders. . . . This is a welcome addition to the true crime genre, and will also interest scholars of social issues and American history." (Publishers Weekly) "Niccolls' trial and sentence are just the starting point for Bartley. The Boy Who Shot the Sheriff also tells the fascinating story of how Niccolls was the pawn in an epic struggle between Washington Governor Roland Hartley and Father E.J. Flanagan. . . . [I]ntriguing reading." - Allen Bentley (NW Lawyer)