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Incredible Elfego Baca
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Incredible Elfego Baca
Good Man, Bad Man of the Old West
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A legend during his lifetime, a folk hero after his death, Elfego Baca (1865-1945) was a true product of the Western frontier. Best remembered for his single-handed battle against an estimated eighty Texas cowboys who fired a reported four thousand shots at him without effect, Baca achieved the reputation as one of New Mexico's most colourful figures during his long career as a gunfighter, ruffian, lawyer, sheriff, mayor, district attorney and perennial candidate for state and federal offices. Three times he was tried and acquitted of murder charges, as well as a charge of conspiracy against the United States government. Ranking in popular imagination alongside the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, Baca's fight with the Texas cowboys has been the subject of countless articles as well as films and Hispanic folk songs.
Howard Bryan retired after forty-two years as a reporter for the 'Albuquerque Tribune'. He has written numerous articles, essays, and books on western life and travel.
- ISBN-13
- 9780940666375
- Publisher
- Clear Light Publishers
- Imprint
- Clear Light Publishers (US)
- Publication date
- 1 January 1992
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 104
- Dimensions
- 215 x 140 mm
- Language
- English
