Valley Of Guns

Author : Eduardo Obregón Pagán
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806162522

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Valley of the Guns by Eduardo Obregón Pagán Pdf

In the late 1880s, Pleasant Valley, Arizona, descended into a nightmare of violence, murder, and mayhem. By the time the Pleasant Valley War was over, eighteen men were dead, four were wounded, and one was missing, never to be found. Valley of the Guns explores the reasons for the violence that engulfed the settlement, turning neighbors, families, and friends against one another. While popular historians and novelists have long been captivated by the story, the Pleasant Valley War has more recently attracted the attention of scholars interested in examining the underlying causes of western violence. In this book, author Eduardo Obregón Pagán explores how geography and demographics aligned to create an unstable settlement subject to the constant threat of Apache raids. The fear of surprise attack by day and the theft of livestock by night prompted settlers to shape their lives around the expectation of sudden violence. As the forces of progress strained natural resources, conflict grew between local ranchers and cowboys hired by ranching corporations. Mixed-race property owners found themselves fighting white cowboys to keep their land. In addition, territorial law enforcement officers were outsiders to the community and approached every suspect fully armed and ready to shoot. The combination of unrelenting danger, its accompanying stress, and an abundance of firearms proved deadly. Drawing from history, geography, cultural studies, and trauma studies, Pagán uses the story of Pleasant Valley to demonstrate a new way of looking at the settlement of the West. Writing in a vivid narrative style and employing rigorous scholarship, he creatively explores the role of trauma in shaping the lives and decisions of the settlers in Pleasant Valley and offers new insight into the difficulties of survival in an isolated frontier community.

Author : Ralph Cotton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1322828628

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Valley of the Gun by Ralph Cotton Pdf

Author : Dave Wachter,David Wachter,James Andrew Clark
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781616554354

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The Guns of Shadow Valley by Dave Wachter,David Wachter,James Andrew Clark Pdf

Somewhere in the Shadow Valley lies a secret that could forever change the frontier. Only a posse of gunmen with special abilities can defend that secret from a tribe of ghostly warriors, an advancing army led by a deranged colonel, and the perils of the valleys itself. Nominated for the Eisner award for Best Digital Comic in 2010, and for the Harvey Award for Best Online Comics Work in 2011, Dark Horse now collects the supernatural web comic into a 200+ page graphic novel.

Author : Wayne D. Overholser,Frederic Remington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Ranching
ISBN : OCLC:78737942

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Valley of Guns by Wayne D. Overholser,Frederic Remington Pdf

Author : Wayne D. Overholser
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781628154634

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Valley of Guns by Wayne D. Overholser Pdf

EASY MONEY AND AN EARLY GRAVE Scott Travis was in Piute to do a job. He had the law on his tail, no money in his pocket and a bank to stake out for a hold-up. But Travis had been on the trail a long time, and when he saw a pretty girl in town he ignored the risks and stopped to look. That was his first mistake. After that he couldn't afford another—and live…. Three-time Winner of the Spur Award Wayne D. Overholser Aothor of "Law Man" and "The Violent Land."

Author : Eduardo Obregón Pagán
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806162539

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Valley of the Guns by Eduardo Obregón Pagán Pdf

In the late 1880s, Pleasant Valley, Arizona, descended into a nightmare of violence, murder, and mayhem. By the time the Pleasant Valley War was over, eighteen men were dead, four were wounded, and one was missing, never to be found. Valley of the Guns explores the reasons for the violence that engulfed the settlement, turning neighbors, families, and friends against one another. While popular historians and novelists have long been captivated by the story, the Pleasant Valley War has more recently attracted the attention of scholars interested in examining the underlying causes of western violence. In this book, author Eduardo Obregón Pagán explores how geography and demographics aligned to create an unstable settlement subject to the constant threat of Apache raids. The fear of surprise attack by day and the theft of livestock by night prompted settlers to shape their lives around the expectation of sudden violence. As the forces of progress strained natural resources, conflict grew between local ranchers and cowboys hired by ranching corporations. Mixed-race property owners found themselves fighting white cowboys to keep their land. In addition, territorial law enforcement officers were outsiders to the community and approached every suspect fully armed and ready to shoot. The combination of unrelenting danger, its accompanying stress, and an abundance of firearms proved deadly. Drawing from history, geography, cultural studies, and trauma studies, Pagán uses the story of Pleasant Valley to demonstrate a new way of looking at the settlement of the West. Writing in a vivid narrative style and employing rigorous scholarship, he creatively explores the role of trauma in shaping the lives and decisions of the settlers in Pleasant Valley and offers new insight into the difficulties of survival in an isolated frontier community.

Author : William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786025879

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Savage Guns by William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone Pdf

Cotton Pickens made it through fifth grade. That and a tin star were good enough to make him the sheriff in the boomtown of Doubtful, Wyoming. And Doubtful's name is no accident. The saying around town is, If you're a lawman, it's doubtful you'll last a day. Savage Guns Spoiled, brash King Bragg is going to hang for the murder of three men in a barroom. But King's arrogant father--and his beautiful sister--use their powers of persuasion to convince Cotton to look into the shooting. And when Cotton does, he uncovers some disturbing secrets about one Crayfish Ruble, the second biggest rancher in Puma County. Soon, Cotton is surrounded by some people who want to hang King now, some who want to bust him free, and some too busy keeping their stories straight. . . In a town full of fools and sinners, of men bad and downright evil, a gallows is going up and time is running out. And a young, skinny, undereducated lawman named Cotton Pickens is standing up to a savage storm--with only one gun on his side. . .

Author : Harry Turtledove
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307792358

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The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove Pdf

"It is absolutely unique--without question the most fascinating Civil War novel I have ever read." Professor James M. McPherson Pultizer Prize-winning BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM January 1864--General Robert E. Lee faces defeat. The Army of Northern Virginia is ragged and ill-equpped. Gettysburg has broken the back of the Confederacy and decimated its manpower. Then, Andries Rhoodie, a strange man with an unplaceable accent, approaches Lee with an extraordinary offer. Rhoodie demonstrates an amazing rifle: Its rate of fire is incredible, its lethal efficiency breathtaking--and Rhoodie guarantees unlimited quantitites to the Confederates. The name of the weapon is the AK-47.... Selected by the Science Fiction Book Club A Main Selection of the Military Book Club

Author : Paul Evan Lehman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Large print books
ISBN : 0792711238

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Guns in the Valley by Paul Evan Lehman Pdf

Author : Ralph W. Cotton
Publisher : Center Point
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Arizona
ISBN : 1611737273

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Valley of the Gun by Ralph W. Cotton Pdf

Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack faces off against the devout leader of a cult who robs and kills to support his ever-expanding family of young wives and children.

Author : Vingie E. Roe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258869519

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Guns of the Round Stone Valley by Vingie E. Roe Pdf

This is a new release of the original 1938 edition.

Author : Alan Rabinowitz
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781597268240

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Life in the Valley of Death by Alan Rabinowitz Pdf

Dubbed the Indiana Jones of wildlife science by The New York Times, Alan Rabinowitz has devoted—and risked—his life to protect nature’s great endangered mammals. He has journeyed to the remote corners of the earth in search of wild things, weathering treacherous terrain, plane crashes, and hostile governments. Life in the Valley of Death recounts his most ambitious and dangerous adventure yet: the creation of the world’s largest tiger preserve. The tale is set in the lush Hukaung Valley of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. An escape route for refugees fleeing the Japanese army during World War II, this rugged stretch of land claimed the lives of thousands of children, women, and soldiers. Today it is home to one of the largest tiger populations outside of India—a population threatened by rampant poaching and the recent encroachment of gold prospectors. To save the remaining tigers, Rabinowitz must navigate not only an unforgiving landscape, but the tangled web of politics in Myanmar. Faced with a military dictatorship, an insurgent army, tribes once infamous for taking the heads of their enemies, and villagers living on less than one U.S. dollar per day, the scientist and adventurer most comfortable with animals is thrust into a diplomatic minefield. As he works to balance the interests of disparate factions and endangered wildlife, his own life is threatened by an incurable disease. The resulting story is one of destruction and loss, but also renewal. In forests reviled as the valley of death, Rabinowitz finds new life for himself, for communities haunted by poverty and violence, and for the tigers he vowed to protect.

Author : Ralph W. Cotton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:531052441

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Guns of Wolf Valley by Ralph W. Cotton Pdf

Author : Ralph Cotton
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004-11-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101650981

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Guns of Wolf Valley by Ralph Cotton Pdf

More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA.

Author : Jonathan Ferrara
Publisher : Inkshares
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781941758724

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Guns in the Hands of Artists by Jonathan Ferrara Pdf

In the 1990s, the New Orleans murder rate exploded. In 1996, 350 people were killed—the highest number in the city’s history, and the highest rate in the nation. In response to this crisis, gallery owner and artist Jonathan Ferrara and artist Brian Borrello, launched a powerful project: Guns in the Hands of Artists. Over sixty artists, including painters, glass artists, sculptors, photographers, and poets, used decommissioned guns taken off the city streets via a gun buyback program to express a thought, make a statement, open a discussion, and to stimulate thinking about guns and gun violence in America. As gun violence continues to devastate the nation on a daily basis, Guns in the Hands of Artists reemerged in 2012 as a community-based social activist art project that has since traveled to six cities across the US. Using art as a mirror for life and interweaving the works of thirty diverse artists with the voices of seventeen national thought leaders, this book is an important outgrowth of the exhibition and an extension of its efforts to employ art as a vehicle for dialogue, as a call to action, and—ultimately—as an agent of change. Essays by: Walter Isaacson, Senator Tim Kaine, Lupe Fiasco, Richard Ford, Joe Nocera, Trymaine Lee, Lolis Eric Elie, John M. Barry, Dan Cameron, Lucia McBath, Harry Shearer, Jonathan Ferrara, Brian Borrello, Maria Cuomo Cole, Michael Waldman, E. Ethelbert Miller, Mayor Mitchell J. Landrieu, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Captain Mark Kelly.