Hell on the Range : A Story of Honor, Conscience, and the American West

English

Series: The Lamar Series in Western History Ser.

ISBN: 0300137362

EAN: 9780300137361

Category: History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, Nm, Ok, Tx)/Religion / Christianity / Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)/Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General/

Publisher: Yale University Press

Release Date: 11/30/2010

Synopsis: In this lively account of Arizonas Rim Country War of the 1880swhat others have called The Pleasant Valley Warhistorian Daniel Justin Herman explores a web of conflict involving Mormons, Texas cowboys, New Mexican sheepherders, Jewish merchants, and mixed-blood ranchers. Their story, contends Herman, offers a fresh perspective on Western violence, Western identity, and American cultural history. At the heart of Arizonas range war, argues Herman, was a conflict between cowboys code of honor and Mormons code of conscience. He investigates the sources of these attitudes, tracks them into the early twentieth century, and offers rich insights into the roots of American violence and peace. Published in Cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University

Hell on the Range : A Story of Honor, Conscience, and the American West

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.06 inches

Width: 6.13 inches

Length: 9.25 inches

Weight: 24.06 oz

Pages: 400