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Juan Patron: A Fallen Star in the Days of Billy the Kid
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Written by Paul L. Tsompanas
Juan Patrón lived through one of the bloodiest chapters of the American West: the 1878 feud known as the Lincoln County War in New Mexico. Reputed for his heroics, Patrón tried to tame a frontier plagued with violence, illiteracy and greed--first as a teacher, then as a desperado hunter, and eventually as speaker of the territorial house at age twenty-five, the youngest person to hold this position in New Mexico in history. With keen, well-researched detail and the skill of a master storyteller, author Paul Tsompanas leads us through Patrón's life and times--and his fate at the hands of a Texas cowboy named Michael Maney, who outdrew him in a dramatic showdown. Many believe that, had he lived, Patrón would have become New Mexico's first congressman when it entered the Union in 1912.
Unique Journeys, 1905: To the Far East with Alice Roosevelt and E.H. Harriman
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Written by Patricia M. Almond
Inspired by the letters and journals of her grandfather, John Calvin McKnight, Almond’s Unique Journeys explores the adventures of two highly prominent Americans as they traveled to countries throughout East Asia at the end of the Russo-Japanese War and negotiations of the Treaty of Portsmouth.
As part of a congressional mission led by the Secretary of War, William Howard Taft, President Theodore Roosevelt sent his daughter, Alice, in hopes she would serve as a goodwill ambassador during meetings with Heads of State in East Asia. Meanwhile, Edward Henry Harriman, who employed McKnight as his personal secretary, controlled both the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads, as well as a continent-wide network of connecting railroads and a steamship line. He traveled in pursuit of the missing link in a vision he had for extending the reach of American railroads far beyond the United States.
The travelers were transported by private railway car, steamer, chartered freighter, sailboat, jin rickshaw, horseback, small boat, and the US battleship Ohio. They encountered heads of state in Japan, China, and Korea, and cruised to some of the most remote islands in the Philippines.
Through the pages of this riveting narrative, readers will join the profound experiences that made Alice and Edward’s journeys truly unique.