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Elfego Baca in Life and Legend

Larry D. Ball

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Description:New Mexico's Elfego Baca (1865-1945) earned a place in Southwestern legend in 1884 as a young deputy of Socorro County.In the town of Frisco he held off a gang of rioting cowboys for thirty-six hours, killed four of the gang, wounded eight others, and walked away without a scratch. But there was more to Baca than this sensational and celebrated incident.He rose in his accidental profession of law enforcement to a political career that lasted half a century. He served as sheriff of Socorro County, practiced law, operated a detective agency ("Discreet Shadowing Done," his business card read), published a Spanish language newspaper, La Opinion Publica, became associated with the Victoriano Huerta movement in the Mexican Revolution, and engaged in real estate and mining speculation. (From Texas Western Press website)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Elfego Baca in Life and Legend. To get started finding Elfego Baca in Life and Legend, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: New Mexico's Elfego Baca (1865-1945) earned a place in Southwestern legend in 1884 as a young deputy of Socorro County.In the town of Frisco he held off a gang of rioting cowboys for thirty-six hours, killed four of the gang, wounded eight others, and walked away without a scratch. But there was more to Baca than this sensational and celebrated incident.He rose in his accidental profession of law enforcement to a political career that lasted half a century. He served as sheriff of Socorro County, practiced law, operated a detective agency ("Discreet Shadowing Done," his business card read), published a Spanish language newspaper, La Opinion Publica, became associated with the Victoriano Huerta movement in the Mexican Revolution, and engaged in real estate and mining speculation. (From Texas Western Press website)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Elfego Baca in Life and Legend. To get started finding Elfego Baca in Life and Legend, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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