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xx, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: The Lincoln County War -- Billy the Kid, Part One : The Boy Who Grew Up to Become a Legend -- Billy the Kid, Part Two : Legend, Exploitation, and Commercialism -- Charlie Bowdre and Tom O'Folliard : Billy's Pals Met Similar Fates -- Bob Olinger : Sweet Justice for a Killer Deputy -- Whiskey Jim Greathouse : Bad Companions Did Him In -- Bronco Bill Walters : His Loot Is Still Buried -- Shady Ladies : Adultery Was Almost as Popular as Rustling in the Old West -- John Joshua Webb : Another Lawman Gone Bad -- The Unrecognized Worst of the Worst : Not All the Bad Men Gained Historical Notoriety -- Milton Yarberry : A Lawman Who Went to the Gallows -- Jose Chavez y Chavez : The Policeman Desperado -- The Execution of Paula Angel : Many Men against One Woman -- Clay Allison : Gentleman Gunfighter -- Massai : A Legend Shrouded in Mystery -- The Ketchum Brothers : Murderers and Train Robbers -- Christopher "Kit" Joy : One of the Few Who Survived -- George Musgrave : A Respectable Murderer -- Bad Baca Boys : How a Fine Old Name Earned Respect -- Pancho Villa's Raid : An Unfamiliar Defeat in Familiar Territory. |
| Summary |
Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in New Mexico History features nineteen short profiles of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary if misunderstood thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes from the history of the Land of Enchantment. It reveals the dark side of some well-known and even revered characters from New Mexico's past - both part-time Jerks and others who were Jerks through and through. They include: Pancho Villa the notorious Mexican revolutionary who led the last foreign invasion of the continental United States ; Paula Angel a jilted lover whose murder conviction earned her the notoriety of being the only woman ever executed in New Mexico ; Bronco Bill Walters the murderous train robber who hid his loot so well that he never found it . . . nor has anyone else. |
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New Mexico -- History -- Anecdotes.
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New Mexico -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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Outlaws -- New Mexico -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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Rogues and vagabonds -- New Mexico -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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Criminals -- New Mexico -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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Criminals. (OCoLC)fst00883516
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Outlaws. (OCoLC)fst01049233
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Rogues and vagabonds. (OCoLC)fst01099594
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New Mexico. (OCoLC)fst01204269
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Anecdotes.
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Biographies.
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Jerks in New Mexico history |
| ISBN |
9780762773527 |
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0762773529 |
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