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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: James Bailey Blackshear , Glen Sample ElyPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press Weight: 0.553kg ISBN: 9780806175607ISBN 10: 0806175605 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 30 September 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsComancheros, the New Mexico merchants who traded, often illegally with Comanches and other Southern Plains nations, have been highly fictionalized over the years. But. James Bailey Blackshear and Glen Sample Ely, historians knowns for their works about frontier Texas and New Mexico, correct that oversight and in the process deliver a highly readable and detailed look at the mostly illicit trade. With impeccable scholarship, the authors focus on the Civil War era and provide a lively look at assorted characters, few of them completely reputable, and put the dealings, shootings, legal procedures, raids, spies, killings and cattle drives in perspective. Along the way, Blackshear and Ely also correct some longstanding myths. Fascinating and a whole lot of fun to read. --Western Writers of America, The Roundup Author InformationJames Bailey Blackshear, Associate Faculty Professor of History at Collin College in Plano, Texas, is the author of Honor and Defiance: A History of the Las Vegas Land Grant in New Mexico. Glen Sample Ely is the award-winning author of The Texas Frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail, 1858-1861 and Where the West Begins: Debating Texas Identity. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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