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Author Price, Charles F., 1938-

Title Season of terror [electronic resource] : the Espinosas in central Colorado, March/October 1863 / Charles F. Price.

Imprint Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2013.

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Description xix, 331 p. : ill., port.
Series Timberline books
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "Alarming intelligence and intense excitement": first murders in the Pike's Peak country -- "Most horrible and fiendish murders": the bleeding of South Park begins -- "There has been considerable excitement": the First Colorado Cavalry steps in -- "The people are scared nearly to death here": the murderers strike at the vitals of South Park -- "Fallen into the hands of hard men in an evil hour": the lynching of Baxter -- "Glorious news! The mysterious murders unraveled at last": one of the slayers slain -- "Desperate and lawless bravos": the brothers Espinosa -- "Revenge for the infamies committed against our families": serial murder as vendetta -- "Malicious interference was the cause": the scapegoating of Captain E. Wayne Eaton -- "Times have become quiet again": panic recedes in South Park but murder moves elsewhere -- "Ready for any duty, untiring, and full of energy": Samuel F. Tappan takes up the hunt for the Espinosas -- "If this woman is found dead, tell the people the Espinosas of the conejos killed her": the attack on Philbrook and Dolores Snches -- "I drew his head back over a fallen tree and cut it off": Tom Tobin ends the terror -- "The brightest success rewarded them for their toils": Tobin brings in the heads -- "Who is there to gather the history of this wretch?": the Espinosas remembered -- "Times with me have sadly changed": destinies.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Espinosa, Felipe Nerio, -1863.
Espinosa, Jose Vivian, -1863.
Vincente, Jose, -1863.
Serial murders -- Colorado -- History -- 19th century.
Murder -- Colorado -- History -- 19th century.
Serial murderers -- Colorado -- History -- 19th century.
Murderers -- Colorado -- History -- 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado.
Colorado -- History, Local -- 19th century.
Colorado -- Race relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781607322368 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781607322375 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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