HIGH NOON In LINCOLN. Violence on the Western Frontier. - Hardcover

Utley, Robert M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 082630981X ISBN 13: 9780826309815

Publisher: U of New Mexico Press, (1987), 1987

Synopsis

Western American History. Black and white photographs. The Lincoln County War is a case study in frontier violence. As such it needs to be understood as part of the heritage of Americans as a people inclined to violent pursuit of ambition and violent resolution of problems.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"In research, writing, and interpretation, "High Noon in Lincoln" is a superb book. It is one of the best books (maybe the best) ever written on a violent episode in the West."--Richard Maxwell Brown

About the Author:

Robert M. Utley is a retired Chief Historian of the National Park Service and has written over fifteen books on a variety of aspects of history of the American West. His writings have received numerous prizes, including the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum's Wrangler Award, the Western Writers of America Spur Award, the Caughey Book Prize from the Western History Association, and the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize from the Society for Military History. He resides in Georgetown, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: U of New Mexico Press, (1987)
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 082630981X
• ISBN 13: 9780826309815
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 265