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Meet the Most Notorious New Mexicans Who Ever Lived
New Mexico is the home (and final resting place) of some of the frontiers baddest dudes. Read about Black Jack Ketchum, who robbed trains, banks, and stagecoaches, terrorizing the whole state. Meet Clay Allison, aka the “Gentleman Outlaw,” a respectful Tennessee native and Confederate veteran who settled in Colfax County after the war, but became lethal company when he had a few too many belts of whiskey. Learn how Hoodoo Brown—judge, coroner, and mayor of East Las Vegas—turned into an adulterous murderer, and figure out whether or not he got away with his crimes.
All this and more is yours for the reading in Outlaw Tales of New Mexico, which introduces fourteen of the most dramatic events, and the most daring and despicable desperados, in the history of the Land of Enchantment.
Synopsis:
New Mexico is the home (and final resting place) of some of the frontiers baddest dudes.
Read about Black Jack Ketchum, who robbed trains, banks and stagecoaches around turn of the previous century, terrorizing the whole state until that day he tried to rob the Colorado & Southern train without the help of his fellow gang members. Clay Allison, aka the “Gentleman Outlaw,” was a respectful Tennessee native, a Confederate veteran who settled in Colfax County after the war. But when he had a few too many belts of whiskey, he became lethal company. Read about his drunk-driving accident behind a team of horses, and how his bravado was his undoing. Learn how Hoodoo Brown — Justice, Coroner and Mayor of East Las Vegas — turned into an adulterous murderer, and figure out whether or not he got away with his crimes. These and many more outlaws are profiled.
Synopsis:
True stories of the Land of Enchantment's most infamous crooks, culprits, and cutthroats.
Barb Marriott has a PhD in cultural anthropology, a thirst for knowledge, and an insatiable curiousity giving her the enthusiasm and the tools to research, analysis, and weave together people, cultures, and events.
Outlaw Tales of New Mexico, 2nd: True Stories of the Land of Enchantment's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, and Cutthroats (Outlaw Tales)
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"Synopsis"
by Firebrand,
New Mexico is the home (and final resting place) of some of the frontiers baddest dudes.
Read about Black Jack Ketchum, who robbed trains, banks and stagecoaches around turn of the previous century, terrorizing the whole state until that day he tried to rob the Colorado & Southern train without the help of his fellow gang members. Clay Allison, aka the “Gentleman Outlaw,” was a respectful Tennessee native, a Confederate veteran who settled in Colfax County after the war. But when he had a few too many belts of whiskey, he became lethal company. Read about his drunk-driving accident behind a team of horses, and how his bravado was his undoing. Learn how Hoodoo Brown — Justice, Coroner and Mayor of East Las Vegas — turned into an adulterous murderer, and figure out whether or not he got away with his crimes. These and many more outlaws are profiled.
"Synopsis"
by Firebrand,
True stories of the Land of Enchantment's most infamous crooks, culprits, and cutthroats.
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