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Arizona S Deadliest Gunfight

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Author : Heidi J. Osselaer
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2018-05-03

Arizona S Deadliest Gunfight written by Heidi J. Osselaer and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-03 with History categories.

On a cold winter morning, Jeff Power was lighting a fire in his remote Arizona cabin when he heard a noise, grabbed his rifle, and walked out the front door. Someone in the dark shouted, “Throw up your hands!” Shots rang out from inside and outside the cabin, and when it was all over, Jeff’s sons, Tom and John, emerged to find the sheriff and his two deputies dead, and their father mortally wounded. Arizona’s deadliest shoot-out happened not in 1881, but in 1918 as the United States plunged into World War I, and not in Tombstone, but in a remote canyon in the Galiuro Mountains northeast of Tucson. Whereas previous accounts have portrayed the gun battle as a quintessential western feud, historian Heidi J. Osselaer explodes that myth and demonstrates how the national debate over U.S. entry into the First World War divided society at its farthest edges, creating the political and social climate that lead to this tragedy. A vivid, thoroughly researched account, Arizona’s Deadliest Gunfight describes an impoverished family that wanted nothing to do with modern civilization. Jeff Power had built his cabin miles from the nearest settlement, yet he could not escape the federal government’s expanding reach. The Power men were far from violent criminals, but Jeff had openly criticized the Great War, and his sons had failed to register for the draft. To separate fact from dozens of false leads and conspiracy theories, Osselaer traced the Power family’s roots back several generations, interviewed descendants of the shoot-out’s participants, and uncovered previously unknown records. What happened to Tom and John Power afterward is as stirring and tragic a story as the gunfight itself. Weaving together a family-based local history with national themes of wartime social discord, rural poverty, and dissent, Arizona’s Deadliest Gunfight will be the authoritative account of the 1918 incident and the memorable events that unfolded in its wake.

And Die In The West

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Author : Paula Mitchell Marks
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 1996

And Die In The West written by Paula Mitchell Marks and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Social Science categories.

The gunfight at the O.K. Corral has excited the imaginations of Western enthusiasts ever since that chilly October afternoon in 1881 when Doc Holliday and the three fighting Earps strode along a Tombstone, Arizona, street to confront the Clanton and McLaury brothers. When they met, Billy Clanton and the two McLaurys were shot to death; the popular image of the Wild West was reinforced; and fuel was provided for countless arguments over the characters, motives, and actions of those involved. And Die in the West presents the first fully detailed, objective narrative of the celebrated gunfight, of the tensions leading up to it, and the bitter, bloody events that followed. Paula Mitchell Marks places the events surrounding the gunfight against a larger backdrop of a booming Tombstone and the fluid, frontier environment of greed, factions and violence. In the process, Marks strips away many of the myths associated with the famous gunfight and of the West in general.

Shoot Out At Dawn

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Author : Tom Power
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981

Shoot Out At Dawn written by Tom Power and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Arizona categories.

Arizona Gunfighters

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Author : Laurence J Yadon
language : en
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
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Arizona Gunfighters written by Laurence J Yadon and has been published by Pelican Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.

Gunfights Gunfighters

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Author : Gordon A. Hunsaker
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2010-03-02

Gunfights Gunfighters written by Gordon A. Hunsaker and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Amid the backdrop of World War II, race riots, and police corruption, a white police officer in Phoenix, Arizona, guns down an on-duty, black cop from his same department. The communitys residents pick sides, and while the second trial ends in an acquittal, the battle isnt over. The detective, Frenchy Navarre, returns to duty but is shot dead when he encounters Officer Joe Davis, the slain officers partner. This is just one of the fascinating tales told by Gordon A. Hunsaker, who also recalls: Surviving his youth on the streets of Los Angeles Fighting in the jungles of Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War A series of stories that cops normally only tell each other Piloting helicopters and airplanes while on the job Battling his toughest opponent cancer And much more! This compilation of musings, observations, and police lore is insightful, thought- provoking and, at times, just darn spooky. Any Arizona resident, law enforcement officer or lover of history will be thrilled to enter the exciting world of Gunfights & Gunfighters.

The Last Gunfight

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Author : Jeff Guinn
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-05-15

The Last Gunfight written by Jeff Guinn and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

A revisionist history of the Old West battle challenges popular depictions of such figures as the Earps and Doc Holliday, tracing the influence of a love triangle, renegade Apaches, and the citizens of Tombstone.

The Powers Boys

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Author : Roderick J. Roberts, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-07-27

The Powers Boys written by Roderick J. Roberts, Jr. and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-27 with Social Science categories.

In the early hours of February 10, 1918, a posse surrounded the Power family's small cabin in the remote Galiuro Mountains of southeastern Arizona. A gun battle ensued, and in it four men lost their lives. Their deaths precipitated not only the most intensive man hunt in the history of Arizona, but also a bitter controversy that has persisted into the present, a controversy that continues to be waged in the most frequently recounted historical legend of the area. In the early 1960's, Roderick Roberts learned of the story of “The Powers Boys” and began to collect information about it from local residents. As he wrote:…I encountered some informants who would tell the tale but not allow it to be recorded, and others who were so disturbed by the mention of it that they would abruptly conclude the interview. These extreme reactions to an “old story” seemed to reflect tensions that I had begun to feel in the community, and I speculated that the tale might provide insights into these tensions. As he examined the documentary evidence and recorded oral testimonies about the events and the protagonists, another aspect presented itself:When it became apparent that the version told by non-Mormon Anglos was almost always favorable to the Powers, that the version told by Mormons was almost always hostile to the Powers, and that most Mexican versions had other concerns, I knew that I had stumbled upon a narrative that had a deep significance to the community in which it circulated. I also realized that in this body of tales I was presented with a splendid opportunity to observe a legend shortly after its nascence and to learn something of the ways in which an historical incident can be molded to reflect the biases of a given group and to ease the tensions to which that group is subject. The fact that the version of the story favorable to the Power boys gained sufficient currency to first bring about their parole and then their pardon without the introduction of any new evidence suggested the possibility of studying at first hand one of the functions of the historical legend.The book includes original newspaper accounts and the texts provided by the residents who were interviewed. Roderick Roberts' analysis of the situation in Graham County, Arizona, in the early 1960's and his discussion of the definition and historicity of legend provide a fascinating source of information for folklorists, historians, sociologists, and other scholars. And any reader interested in the American Southwest will be intrigued by the story of the tragic shoot-out, the events that led up to it, and the effect it had on the community.