Tularosa: Last of the Frontier West
Tularosasun-scorched, sandblasted, mercilessthe parched desert where everything, from cactus to cowman, carries a weapon of some sort, and the only creatures who sleep with both eyes closed are dead. Tularosathe last frontier in the continental United States. C. L. Sonnichsen, an authority on the Southwest, writing from primary records and conversations with survivors of Tularosa's pioneer days, tells the stories of the great cattle ranchers pitted against daring rustlers, elite men against Apaches, desperados against law men. Here are Oliver Lee, Pat Garrett, and Bill McNew. And here is the feud between Col. A. J. Fountain and Albert Fall. Sonnichsen has updated his history for this new edition with a revised final chapter bringing the drama of Tularosa and the New Mexican frontier West into the Atomic Age.
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Tularosa: Last of the Frontier West
Tularosasun-scorched, sandblasted, mercilessthe parched desert where everything, from cactus to cowman, carries a weapon of some sort, and the only creatures who sleep with both eyes closed are dead. Tularosathe last frontier in the continental United States. C. L. Sonnichsen, an authority on the Southwest, writing from primary records and conversations with survivors of Tularosa's pioneer days, tells the stories of the great cattle ranchers pitted against daring rustlers, elite men against Apaches, desperados against law men. Here are Oliver Lee, Pat Garrett, and Bill McNew. And here is the feud between Col. A. J. Fountain and Albert Fall. Sonnichsen has updated his history for this new edition with a revised final chapter bringing the drama of Tularosa and the New Mexican frontier West into the Atomic Age.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780826305619 |
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Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press |
Publication date: | 12/01/1980 |
Edition description: | REVISED |
Pages: | 348 |
Sales rank: | 1,050,041 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.86(d) |
Age Range: | 15 - 17 Years |
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