Juan Patron - A Fallen Star in the Days of Billy the Kid

Juan Patrón lived through one of the bloodiest chapters of the American West: the 1878 feud known as the Lincoln County War in New Mexico. Reputed for his heroics, Patrón tried to tame a frontier plagued with violence, illiteracy and greed-first as a teacher, then as a desperado hunter, and eventually as speaker of the territorial house at age twenty-five, the youngest person to hold this position in New Mexico history. With keen, well-researched detail and the skill of a master storyteller, author Paul Tsompanas leads us through Patrón's life and times-and his fate at the
hands of a Texas cowboy named Michael Maney, who outdrew him in a dramatic showdown. Many believe that, had he lived, Patrón would have become New Mexico's first congressman when it entered the Union in 1912.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Paul L. Tsompanas
• Editore: Brandylane Publishers, Inc.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.07.2012
• EAN: 9780984958887
• ISBN: 978-0-9849588-8-7
• Pagine: 216
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Peso: 358 g
• Categoria: Saggistica > Storia > Altro