HELL ON THE RANGE. A STORY OF HONOR, CONSCIENCE, AND THE AMERICAN WEST

Published by Yale University Press, [2010]., New Haven & London, 2010

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First edition. 8vo. Black colored boards, gold stamping on spine, xxvi, 365 pp., introduction, acknowledgments, illustrated, portraits, maps, list of abbreviations, notes, index. "A cultural history featuring Texas cowboys, Mormons, New Mexican sheep herders, mixed-blood ranchers, and Jewish merchants, all jockeying for control over various segments of the free range in Arizona. The author's central argument is that the Rim Country War, in addition to being a battle for terrain and resources, was complicated by family feuds, racial tensions, and religious differences . a 'manifestation of a battle between honor and conscience.' Herman, drawing on the work of Bertram Wyatt-Brown, refers to the nineteenth-century culture of honor epitomized by physical courage, loyalty to kin, fierce defense of family and personal reputation, conspicuous display of wealth, eager hospitality, gambling, drinking, . and 'communal shaming.' Conversely, Herman defines conscience as 'a world view that placed moral courage above physical courage; individual piety above family reputation; frugality and work above displays of wealth and luxury; sobriety and rectitude above drinking and gambling; exhortation and rehabilitation above punishment and shaming.'" Hell on the Range will appeal to those with an interest in western American history as well as Mormon history. As new in dust jacket.

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Title
HELL ON THE RANGE. A STORY OF HONOR, CONSCIENCE, AND THE AMERICAN WEST
Author
HERMAN, DANIEL JUSTIN
Publisher
Yale University Press, [2010]., New Haven & London
Publication year
2010
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Hardcover
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1st Edition

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Buckingham Books specializes in new, used and Rare Books dealing with Western Americana, Ephemera and Mystery. Western Americana includes Maps, Photographs, Letters, Documents, Art, and Ephemeral Material related to the History of the American West, Canada and Northern Mexico. Our Specialties include Cowboys, Cattle and Development of the Range, Mountain Men and the Fur Trade, Frontier Military and Indian Wars, Outlaws and Lawmen of the Old West, Native American History and Ethnology, Exploration, Gold Rush, Railroad, Overland, Natural History and Travel. Books in Mystery include Detective Fiction, Golden Age, Espionage, Queen's Quorum, Sherlockiana, Artwork, Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone, References and PBO. All of the books in our inventory are First Editions unless clearly stated otherwise.

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