Author: Lynn Irwin Perrigo
Publisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 0865347859
Category : Las Vegas (N.M.)
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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Perrigo addresses issues in the development of Las Vegas and the American Southwest that remain quite relevant in the 21st century. Among these is an increased socio-cultural diversity that impacts the hegemony of this population and its effects on intercultural relations.

Author: Richard Young
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874831955
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Presents a collection of folklore, tall tales, and myths surrounding such characters as Belle Starr, Frank and Jesse James, and Wild Bill Hickok

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Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1618584219
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338

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From our earliest history, Americans have had an uneasy affection for our outlaws, especially those from the romantic period of the Old West. Whether it is the fearlessness and freedom they represent or some other psychological need, we often overlook the misdeeds of these people in our fascination with them. This book is about their photographs. Some of the mythology is perpetuated in the captions and some new truths put forth as well. Viewing these photographs allows us to look these fellows in the eye and assess their character—something we probably wouldn’t have been allowed to do in real life and live to tell about it. Historic Photos of Outlaws of the Old West includes nearly 200 photographs, reproduced in vivid black-and-white, with captions and introductions by writer and historian Larry Johnson. Here are the most legendary outlaws and many of the less infamous characters whose lives found a place in the story of the American West.

Author: Ann Lacy
Publisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 0865347336
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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Between 1850 and 1912, the year New Mexico was granted statehood, the Territory of New Mexico was a wild and dangerous place. Homesteaders, cowboys, ranchers, sheepherders, buffalo hunters, prospectors, treasure hunters and railroad men pushing the borders of the western frontier met with resistance from man and animal alike. Native Americans, who had lived on the land defending their boundaries and way of life for centuries, reacted to the wave of outsiders in various ways. The agrarian Pueblo peoples along the Rio Grande largely kept to themselves. Apache, Navajo and Ute tribes sometimes attempted to co-exist with the newcomers but most often they fought against encroachment. Anglo and Mexican outlaws ran roughshod across the frontier and there was no shortage of bears, wolves, mountain lions, blizzards and bad water to unsettle the newcomers. This collection of frontier stories vividly illustrates the range of struggles, triumphs and catastrophes faced by settlers who hoped to tame the land and inhabitants of Territorial New Mexico. Between 1936 and 1940, field workers in the Federal Writers' Project (a branch of the government-funded Works Progress Administration, or WPA, later called Work Projects Administration) recorded authentic accounts of life in the early days of New Mexico. These original documents, published here as a story collection for the first time, reflect the conditions of the New Mexico Territory as played out in dynamic clashes between individuals and groups competing for control of the land and resources. "Frontier Stories," the second in the New Mexico Federal Writers' Project Book Series after "Outlaws & Desperados," features informative background and historic photographs. Forthcoming books in the series include "Lost Treasures & Old Mines" and "Stories From Hispano New Mexico."

Author: Helen Airy
Publisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 0865341850
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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Traces the brief life of the western outlaw whose lifestyle reflected the violence prevalent on the American frontier

Author: Brian D. Behnken
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469670135
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335

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Brian Behnken offers a sweeping examination of the interactions between Mexican-origin people and law enforcement—both legally codified police agencies and extralegal justice—across the U.S. Southwest (especially Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas) from the 1830s to the 1930s. Representing a broad, colonial regime, police agencies and extralegal groups policed and controlled Mexican-origin people to maintain state and racial power in the region, treating Mexicans and Mexican Americans as a "foreign" population that they deemed suspect and undesirable. White Americans justified these perceptions and the acts of violence that they spawned with racist assumptions about the criminality of Mexican-origin people, but Behnken details the many ways Mexicans and Mexican Americans responded to violence, including the formation of self-defense groups and advocacy organizations. Others became police officers, vowing to protect Mexican-origin people from within the ranks of law enforcement. Mexican Americans also pushed state and territorial governments to professionalize law enforcement to halt abuse. The long history of the border region between the United States and Mexico has been one marked by periodic violence, but Behnken shows us in unsparing detail how Mexicans and Mexican Americans refused to stand idly by in the face of relentless assault.

Author: Richard F. Selcer
Publisher: TCU Press
ISBN: 9780875650883
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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Includes material on Luke Short, Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Sam Bass, and Butch Cassiday.

Author: Federal Writers' Project
Publisher: Trinity University Press
ISBN: 159534229X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 577

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During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. The WPA Guide to New Mexico certainly shows how this Southwest state earned its nickname the “Colorful State.” The blended influence of Native American, Spanish, and Anglo-American cultures account for the Land of Enchantment’s distinct flavor, thoroughly captured in the guide’s stunning photography as well as in its many essays on art, folklore, and language.

Author: Arie William Poldervaart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Organized according to chapters based on the individual chief justices of the New Mexico Territory, this volume provides a personalistic overview of the history of Anglo-American justice in territorial New Mexico from 1846 to 1912.

Author: Best Books on
Publisher: Best Books on
ISBN: 1623760305
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 579

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compiled by Workers of the Writers Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New Mexico.