Valley of the Guns
The Pleasant Valley War and the Trauma of Violence
Published by: University of Oklahoma Press
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
312 Pages | 6 x 9 | 10 b&w illus., 3 maps, 2 table
$29.95
$24.95
$24.95
Published by: University of Oklahoma Press
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
312 Pages | 6 x 9 | 10 b&w illus., 3 maps, 2 table
$29.95
$24.95
“The Pleasant Valley War that shattered the peace and claimed nineteen lives in a remote corner of north central Arizona in the 1880s has provided rich fodder for novelists and historians asking the question: why? In his solidly researched and carefully reasoned book, Pagán challenges previous writers, attributing the vicious outbreak of violence in this tiny community to psychological stress produced by the constant threat of Indian attack and thievery at the hands of rustlers and land pirates. Unhinged by fear, settlers turned on one another in escalating spasms of vigilantism, lawsuits, and bloodshed. An elegant stylist and thoughtful historian, Pagán conveys the tragic drama of events in Pleasant Valley while at the same time offering a fresh perspective on frontier settlement.”— Bruce Dinges, Pima County Library
“Pagán weaves a narrative so compelling, so driving that it demands to be read, every word. For scholars working in the history of trauma or the history of the West, Pagán’s book will serve as a model for how to reinterpret violence and western expansion and tell that history in a compelling way.” – Kathleen Thompson
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