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In the Shadow of Billy the Kid
Kathleen P. Chamberlain
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Description for In the Shadow of Billy the Kid
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
The events of July 19, 1878, marked the beginning of what became known as the Lincoln County War and catapulted Susan McSween and a young cowboy named Henry McCarty, alias Billy the Kid, into the history books. The so-called war, a fight for control of the mercantile economy of southeastern New Mexico, is one of the most documented conflicts in the history of the American West, but it is an event that up to now has been interpreted through the eyes of men.
As a woman in a man’s story, Susan McSween has been all but ignored. This ... Read more
The events of July 19, 1878, marked the beginning of what became known as the Lincoln County War and catapulted Susan McSween and a young cowboy named Henry McCarty, alias Billy the Kid, into the history books. The so-called war, a fight for control of the mercantile economy of southeastern New Mexico, is one of the most documented conflicts in the history of the American West, but it is an event that up to now has been interpreted through the eyes of men.
As a woman in a man’s story, Susan McSween has been all but ignored. This ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826352798
SKU
V9780826352798
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About Kathleen P. Chamberlain
Kathleen P. Chamberlain is professor of history at Eastern Michigan University. She is the author of Victorio: Apache Leader and Warrior (2007) and Under Sacred Ground: A History of Navajo Oil, 1922–1982 (UNM Press, 2000) and coauthor of Power and Promise: The Changing American West with Gary C. Anderson (2008).
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