Valley of the Guns: The Pleasant Valley War and the Trauma of Violence

Synopsis

Drawing Upon Psychology, Literary Studies, Economics, And Trauma Studies, Eduardo Pagán Explores How Geography And Demographics Aligned To Create An Unstable Site For Settlement In The Arizona Territory, And How Cycles Of Violence, Extreme Stress, And The Strain Of Natural Resources Led To The Pleasant Valley War-- Prologue -- Introduction: At The Crossroads Of Fear And Death -- Terror On The Range -- Frontier Entrepreneurs -- Blood Of The Covenant -- To Suffer The Arrows Of Outrageous Fortune -- Enforcement With Extreme Prejudice -- Rustlers Rousted -- Blind Justice, Masked Justice -- From Hell's Heart -- Burdens Of Proof -- The Trials Of Ed Tewksbury -- What Dreams May Come. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 269-286) And Index.