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

by Larry D. Ball

Overview

First released in 1978 and still the best account of territorial law enforcement, this book presents a thoroughly researched, well-documented, and entertaining history of United States marshals in New Mexico and Arizona during the tumultuous territorial years. Included in the story are notable lawmen such as John Pratt, John E. Sherman, and Creighton M. Foraker and gunfighters like Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday, and the Earp Brothers. With detailed accounts of many other lesser-known lawmen and criminals, Ball gives a well-rounded history of the mundane as well as the spectacular incidents in the lives of these lawmen during the unstable territorial years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826326928
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	02/01/1982
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

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

Editorial Reviews

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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