Myth of the Hanging Tree: Stories of Crime and Punishment in Territorial New Mexico by Robert J. Torrez

Myth of the Hanging Tree: Stories of Crime and Punishment in Territorial New Mexico

Robert J. Torrez

186 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction true crime challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The haunting specter of hanging trees holds a powerful sway on the American imagination, conjuring images of rough-and-tumble frontier towns struggling to impose law and order in a land where violence was endemic. In this thoughtful study, former ...

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