{"product_id":"valley-of-the-guns-the-pleasant-valley-war-and-the-trauma-of-violence-9780806161549","title":"Valley of the Guns: The Pleasant Valley War and the Trauma of Violence","description":"\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eValley of the Guns \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the reasons for the violence that engulfed the settlement, turning neighbors, families, and friends against one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While popular historians and novelists have long been captivated by the story, the Pleasant Valley War has more recently attracted the attention of scholars interested in examining the underlying causes of western violence. In this book, author Eduardo Obreg n Pag n explores how geography and demographics aligned to create an unstable settlement subject to the constant threat of Apache raids. The fear of surprise attack by day and the theft of livestock by night prompted settlers to shape their lives around the expectation of sudden violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the forces of progress strained natural resources, conflict grew between local ranchers and cowboys hired by ranching corporations. Mixed-race property owners found themselves fighting white cowboys to keep their land. In addition, territorial law enforcement officers were outsiders to the community and approached every suspect fully armed and ready to shoot. The combination of unrelenting danger, its accompanying stress, and an abundance of firearms proved deadly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing from history, geography, cultural studies, and trauma studies, Pag n uses the story of Pleasant Valley to demonstrate a new way of looking at the settlement of the West. Writing in a vivid narrative style and employing rigorous scholarship, he creatively explores the role of trauma in shaping the lives and decisions of the settlers in Pleasant Valley and offers new insight into the difficulties of survival in an isolated frontier community. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePagán, Eduardo Obregón:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eEduardo Obregón Pagán\u003c\/b\u003e is the Bob Stump Endowed Professor of History at Arizona State University, Tempe, and author of \u003ci\u003eMurder at the Sleepy Lagoon: Zoot Suits, Race, and Riot in Wartime L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e He has published in such journals as \u003ci\u003ePacific Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Social Science History.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641992024338,"sku":"9780806161549","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5df31943-4821-4b9f-b661-d040aa5e8403.jpg?v=1733050088","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/valley-of-the-guns-the-pleasant-valley-war-and-the-trauma-of-violence-9780806161549","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}