Baca's battle : Elfego Baca's epic gunfight at 'Frisco Plaza, N.M., 1884, as reported at the time : together with Baca's own final account of the battle /

In 1884, Baca, a deputy sheriff, survived a gun battle against about 80 cattlemen. He was arrrested and later released. The battle was part of the conflicts between Texans and New Mexicans, cattlemen and ranchers, Anglos and Mexicans.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Beckett, V. B. (Author)
Other Authors:	Baca, Elfego, 1864-1945, Cisneros, José, 1910-2009 (Illustrator), Rittenhouse, Jack D. (Jack DeVere), 1912- (Printer)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Houston, Texas : Stagecoach Press, [1962]
Edition:	Limited edition.
Subjects:	Baca, Elfego, > 1864-1945. New Mexico > History > 1848- Sheriffs > New Mexico > Reserve > Biography. Gunfights > New Mexico > Reserve. New Mexico. New Mexico > Reserve. Since 1848 Limitation statements (Publishing) History.

Description
Summary:	In 1884, Baca, a deputy sheriff, survived a gun battle against about 80 cattlemen. He was arrrested and later released. The battle was part of the conflicts between Texans and New Mexicans, cattlemen and ranchers, Anglos and Mexicans.
Item Description:	"This edition limited to 800 copies, printed entirely from handset type. Designed and produced by Jack D. Rittenhouse at the Stagecoach Press. Set in Centaur type, with original 19th Century type for decorations. Title page illustration especially drawn by José Cisneros. Printed on a hand-operated press, using Curtis Stoneridge paper; bound in adobe-colored Strathmore Wildfire covers."--Colophon. The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy is inscribed by Rittenhouse to Al Lowman, and signed by Cisneros.
Physical Description:	30 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Related Items:	The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive.