Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Harkey, Daniel R.

Mean as hell The Life of a New Mexico Lawman Dee Harkey - Santa Fe, New Mexico Ancient City Press 1989 - xvi, 223 p.

Includes Index



Thirteen of us children --
On my own --
Dealing with bad men --
I get married --
I move to New Mexico --
Eddy County organized, 1889 --
Six sets of duties --
Free pass through Mexico --
Men who made law --
John Wesley Hardin and William Jennings Bryan --
When butchers were rustlers --
Trouble: Dave Kemp --
The life of Martin Morose --
This was the West --
Sitting it out with Clabe --
Bad men and friends --
Mean as hell --
The Garrett-Lee feud --
The Dalton Gang in New Mexico --
Closing years --
Adios --
Index.

New Mexico rancher and lawman Dee(Daniel R.) Harkey describes himself as having"been shot at more times than any man in the world not engaged in war."

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Daniel R. Harkey--Autobiography--New Mexico


Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas
Brigands and robbers -- New Mexico -- Texas

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