"Ladies of the Canyons is the true story of a group of remarkable women whose lives were transformed by the people and landscape of the American Southwest in the first decades of the twentieth century"--Provided by publisher.
An account of "twenty-six men who in May 2001 attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadly region known as the Devil's Highway ... Only twelve of the men made it out."--Cover p. [4].
"Utilizing official records, newspaper accounts, and oral histories, this book tells the story of the untamed Wild West of the Prohibition era (1920s-1930s) and introduces a gallery of Western gunfighters and lawmen" --Provided by publisher.
Documents the January 2011 assassination attempt that killed six people and wounded eighteen others, including the U.S. Representative, analyzing vulnerabilities in the state's political and socioeconomic landscape that allowed the shooting to happen.