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"Focusing on Mark O. Hatfield as a force in Oregon politics, this brief biography explores the evolution of this moderate Republican politician from his upbringing to his election to the Oregon House of Representatives in 1950, then through his service as an Oregon state senator and as Oregon's secretary of state, governor for two terms, and United States senator for five terms"--

This discerning overview will guide readers through the plethora of words and images generated by Billy the Kid's life and legend over more than a century. It will prove invaluable to those interested in the demigods of the Old West--and in the ever-changing cultural landscape in which they appear to us..

Mysterious Origins: Henry McCarty to William Bonney -- Entering Territorial New Mexico: Setting the Scene -- Negotiating Silver City and Arizona -- Entering Lincoln County: Setting the Scene -- Peopling the Battleground: The Dramatic Personae -- Billy Comes to Lincoln County -- A War Heats Up in New Battles -- The Five-Day Battle -- A New Kind of Journey -- Looking for a Path -- Days of Decline and Death -- Who and What Was Billy the Kid? -- The Rise of a Legendary Billy the Kid, 1880- -- Billys of Another Kind, 1926- -- The Rise of a Bifurcated Billy, 1960- -- Billy from 1995 to the Present -- Pondering the Life and Legends of Billy the Kid.

This first-ever volume to comprehensively explore President Abraham Lincoln's ties to the American West brings together a variety of scholars and experts who offer a fascinating look at the sixteenth president's lasting legacy in the territory beyond the Mississippi River. Editor Richard W. Etulain's extensive introductory essay treats these western connections from Lincoln's early reactions to Texas, Oregon, and the Mexican War in the 1840s, through the 1850s, and during his presidency, providing a framework for the nine essays that follow. Each of these essays offers compe.