| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0826313469 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
363.28209789 Bal |
| Item number |
42 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
363.28209789 Bal |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ball, Larry D. |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Desert Lawmen: |
| Remainder of title |
The high sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona 1846-1912 |
| 260 00 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Univ. of N.M. Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1992 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Albuquerque, NM |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xii, 414 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
An historical survey of frontier lawmen in territorial New Mexico and Arizona reveals that sheriffs were generally elected to four year terms, defended settlers and protected their property from violence, and performed other duties ranging from tracking down stagecoach robbers and serving court warrants to locking up drunks and quelling domestic disputes |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) |
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| Local note |
21609 |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Sheriffs |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Geographic subdivision |
New Mexico |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Sheriffs |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Geographic subdivision |
Arizona |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Administration of Criminal Justice |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Geographic subdivision |
New Mexico |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Administration of Criminal Justice |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Geographic subdivision |
Arizona |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Sheriffs |
| Chronological subdivision |
1846-1912 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
300 - 399 |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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