Description:
In the late 1880s, Pleasant Valley, Arizona, descended into a nightmare of violence, murder, and mayhem. By the time the Pleasant Valley War was over, eighteen men were dead, four were wounded, and one was missing, never to be found. Valley of the Guns explores the reasons for the violence that engulfed the settlement, turning neighbors, families, and friends against one another.
Brief description: Eduardo Obregón Pagán is the Bob Stump Endowed Professor of History at Arizona State University, Tempe, and author of Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon: Zoot Suits, Race, and Riot in Wartime L.A. He has published in such journals as Pacific Historical Review and the Journal of Social Science History.
Review Quotes: "Pagán weaves a narrative so compelling, so driving that it demands to be read, every word. For scholars working in the history of trauma or the history of the West, Pagán's book will serve as a model for how to reinterpret violence and western expansion and tell that history in a compelling way." - Kathleen Thompson