Coke. Fort Griffin on the Texas Frontier, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956. Rye, Edgar. The Quirt and the Spur: Vanishing Shadows of the Texas Frontier, Chicago: Conkey, 1909; facsimile ed., Austin: Steck-Vaughn, 1967). Sonnichsen, C. L. I'll Die Before I Run: The Story of the Great Feuds of Texas, New York: Devin-Adair, 1962. External links The Handbook of Texas Online: John M. Larn 1849 births 1878 deaths American vigilantes Fugitives Lawmen of the American Old West Outlaws of the American Old West People from Shackelford County, Texas