The Hunt for Willie Boy: Indian-Hating & Popular Culture - Softcover

Sandos, James A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806128437 ISBN 13: 9780806128436

Verlag: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994

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Book by Sandos James A Burgess Larry E

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In 1909 a sensational double killing in Southern California led to what has been called the West's last famous manhunt. According to contemporary (white) newspapers, an Indian named Willie Boy killed his potential father-in-law in a fit of drunken lust, kidnapped his intended, and fled with her on foot across the desert. They were pursued by several posses, and when the girl slowed his flight, Willie Boy heartlessly raped and murdered her, finally killing himself after a shoot-out with a posse. James A. Sandos and Larry E. Burgess correct the story of Willie Boy, a Paiute-Chemehuevi Indian, by weaving in previously unheard Indian voices to explain his motivations and actions and to present a more balanced retelling.

Biografía del autor

James A. Sandos is Professor of History at the University of Redlands and the author of Rebellion in the Borderlands: Anarchism and the Plan of San Diego, 1904-1923, also published by the University of Oklahoma Press.

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• Verlag: University of Oklahoma Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0806128437
• ISBN 13: 9780806128436
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 204