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Norfleet: The Actual Experiences of a Texas Rancher’s 30,000-Mile Transcontinental Chase After Five Confidence Men
Norfleet: The Actual Experiences of a Texas Rancher’s 30,000-Mile Transcontinental Chase After Five Confidence Men
Norfleet: The Actual Experiences of a Texas Rancher’s 30,000-Mile Transcontinental Chase After Five Confidence Men
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Norfleet: The Actual Experiences of a Texas Rancher’s 30,000-Mile Transcontinental Chase After Five Confidence Men

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Originally published in 1924, this is the true story of J. Frank Norfleet, a typical West Texas ranchman, and his four-year chase after a gang of international swindlers, which takes the reader on a transcontinental journey—from the Atlantic to the Pacific; from Mexico and Cuba into Canada.

A gripping and incredible chronicle of one man’s dedication to break up an international crime ring.

True story of West Texas rancher J. Frank Norfleet, cousin to General Robert E. Lee on his grandmother’s side, who was deceived and robbed by sophisticated politicians and financiers and proceeded to track them across continents—from the Atlantic to the Pacific; from Mexico and Cuba into Canada—to bring them to justice.

Applauded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Norfleet set an example in his time that rings as true today—do not let yourself be abused by financial manipulators who pervert laws to rob the common man!

A gripping and incredible chronicle of one man’s dedication to break up an international crime ring.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 3, 2018
ISBN9781789122626
Norfleet: The Actual Experiences of a Texas Rancher’s 30,000-Mile Transcontinental Chase After Five Confidence Men
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J. Frank Norfleet

James Franklin “Frank” Norfleet (February 23, 1865 - October 15, 1967) was a rancher and self-appointed detective. Born in Lampasas County, Texas in 1865, the first of six children of Jasper Holmes Benton, a Texas Ranger, and Mary Ann (Shaw) Norfleet, Frank’s father was fighting Indians on the frontier during the closing months of the Civil War. He spent part of his youth on his father’s free cattle range north of San Angelo and in 1879 joined a buffalo hunt to the Llano Estacado. Subsequently he worked as a cowboy and drover for various outfits. From 1886-1889 Frank was employed as hired help with cattle and then became foreman of a newly acquired Spade Ranch in Lamb and Hockley counties. He remained with Spade until 1904, when he started his own ranching operation on a 2,000-acre tract in western Hale County. In 1907 he constructed a new frame ranch house on the draw that soon became a showplace, harboring wild game and exotic bird species. There he developed the famous “Five Dollar Strain” of race horses from a scraggly pony he had bought for that amount. Frank’s legendary stint as an amateur sleuth began as a result of a business venture to Fort Worth, and between 1919 and 1935 he brought in over 100 confidence men and other lawbreakers to justice. His short stature and ability to stalk a criminal and stay on a fugitive’s fresh trail earned him the nickname “Little Tiger.” He was awarded a special certificate from the FBI for his services and his exploits became the subject of several magazine articles and a full-length book, “Norfleet”: The Actual Experiences of a Texas Rancher’s 30,000-Mile Transcontinental Chase After Five Confidence Men (1924). Norfleet died in 1967 at the age of 102 and was buried in Lubbock Resthaven Mausoleum.

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