The United States Marshals of New Mexico and Arizona Territories, 1846-1912

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The United States Marshals of New Mexico and Arizona Territories, 1846-1912

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The pathbreaking classic on law enforcement on the frontier of the American West.

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ISBN-13:	9780826306173
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	02/01/1982
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	325
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.70(d)

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Larry D. Ball, professor at Arkansas State University, has published extensively on frontier law-and-order

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aThe author presents a slice of Western society that we seldom see: its social and political mores, its racism, its individualism, its brutality, its strength, and its foolishness . . . a tale of difficult, troublesome years, and Ball tells it well.a

aWell written, definitive . . . strips away legend and delineates the positive role [marshals] played in maintaining peace in Arizona and New Mexico.a

aWill probably become the standard source on the federal marshalcy in the New Mexico and Arizona territories.a

Well written, definitive . . . strips away legend and delineates the positive role [marshals] played in maintaining peace in Arizona and New Mexico.

"The complete picture of the U.S. Marshal in the West, told from official documents and the daily press."

The author presents a slice of Western society that we seldom see: its social and political mores, its racism, its individualism, its brutality, its strength, and its foolishness . . . a tale of difficult, troublesome years, and Ball tells it well.

Will probably become the standard source on the federal marshalcy in the New Mexico and Arizona territories.

"The author presents a slice of Western society that we seldom see: its social and political mores, its racism, its individualism, its brutality, its strength, and its foolishness . . . a tale of difficult, troublesome years, and Ball tells it well."

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