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High Noon in Lincoln|Robert M. Utley

High Noon in Lincoln : Violence on the Western Frontier

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Here is the most detailed and most engagingly narrated history to date of the legendary two-year facedown and shootout in Lincoln. Until now, New Mexico's late nineteenth-century Lincoln County War has served primarily as the backdrop for a succession of mythical renderings of Billy the Kid in American popular culture.

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 author of Strain of Violence: Historical Studies of American Violence and Vigilantism

"A masterful account of the actual facts of the gory Lincoln County War and the role of Billy the Kid. . . . Utley separates the truth from legend without detracting from the gripping suspense and human interest of the story."--Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780826312013
  • ISBN-10: 0826312012
  • Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
  • Publish Date: February 1990
  • Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
  • Page Count: 279

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