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Wildest of the wild west (Record no. 18769)

020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0-940666-08-1
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 978.955 Bry
Item number 48
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 978.955 Bry
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bryan, Howard
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Wildest of the wild west
Remainder of title true tales of a frontier town on the Santa Fe Trail
Statement of responsibility, etc by Howard Bryan
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Clear Light Pub.
Date of publication, distribution, etc 1988
Place of publication, distribution, etc Santa Fe, New Mexico
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 269 p
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes Index and Bibliography
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Title

Las Vegas grandes -- Trail town tales.
First settlement of note - - Rail town tails.
The army of the west --
Rebels and raiders --
The Apache chief's daughter --
Kit Carson to the rescue --
Death at the Wagon Mound --
The pettifogger --
The hanging of Paula Angel --
Threat from the south --
The hermit --
Trail recollections --
The shrinking trail --
The hanging windmill --
A new town --
Jesse James and Doc Holliday --
Hoodoo Brown --
Stagecoach and train robberies --
The goddess of chance --
The dance hall battle --
Mysterious Dave --
The end of gang rule --
John Joshua Webb --
Death of a salesman --
Webb declines freedom --
Webb tastes freedom --
Capture of Rudabaugh
Rudabaugh's confession --
Bye, bye, birds --
Navajo Frank --
The dirty little coward --
The night riders --
The society of bandits --
Homicides and hangings --
The confessions --
End of an era.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc The "Wild West" stories of Dodge City, Deadwood, and Tombstone pale in comparison to the incredible story of Las Vegas, New Mexico, for decades considered the most violent community on America's Western frontier. Due largely to is strategic location on the historic Santa Fe Trail, and laster as an end-of-track town on the westward pushing Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, the Hispanic farm and ranch community reeled under the impact of Indian warfare, conquering armies, insurrectionists, outlaws and gunfighters, and an ever increasing tide of immigrants from Eastern states. Wildest of the Wild West is not a community history as such, but rather a compilation of violent, dramatic, and melodramatic events that shook the New Mexico town over a 60-year period from 1835 to 1915. Most of these tales, many published here for the first time in books form, were drawn from the pages of early newspapers, and the text includes generous samples of the informal style, wit , and humor of frontier journalists in describing events of the day. The tales are not confined to Las Vegas itself, but extend up and down the Santa Fe Trail and the rail line that succeeded it. Las Vegas. however, is always the focal point. Dramatic highlights include the true stories of an Apache chief's daughter who chose death to dishonor, the first hanging of a woman on the Western frontier, and Italian hermit who sought solitude on a mountain peak, midnight lynchings from the "hanging windmill," secret outlaw gangs that included members of the police force, a heavyweight title bout, and the filming of some of the earliest Western movies. the book is illustrated with vintage black-and-white photographs, drawn from historical photo archives, and includes an introduction by Max Evans, prominent Western author, novelist, and screen writer. With this book, Las Vegas, New Mexico, (not to be confused with Las Vegas, Nevada), truly takes its place in history as the "Wildest of the Wild West" -- Book jacket.
650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Santa Fe Trail
650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Frontier and pioneer life New Mexico Las Vegas.
651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Source of heading or term Las Vegas (N.M.)
General subdivision History.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme
Koha item type sw 900 - 999
Holdings
Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Permanent Location Current Location Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Date checked out Public note
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