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Violence in New Mexico Territory, particularly the Lincoln County War of 1878 between competing businessmen and ranchers, resulted in new jurisdictional limits being imposed on the U.S. Army. For a time, the region was placed under martial law, which resulted in considerable public backlash. Congress then revised the long-standing posse comitatus
... See moreJeff Guinn • The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral—And How It Changed the American West
Jane Fonda, from her spot down the couch: What I find interesting is that we’re focusing now on the violence that’s done against the man in the song. We’re not talking at all about the violence he commits against the woman in the first place, the casual and awful violence he commits against her body. Opal: Ain’t that the truth, Jane? And the other
... See moreDawnie Walton • The Final Revival of Opal & Nev: Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022
Shortly before the Hammonds’ arrival the building’s East Portico had been the scene of an assassination attempt against President Andrew Jackson. The assailant was named Richard Lawrence, who believed himself to be England’s long-dead King Richard III and claimed that Jackson had interfered with the delivery of payments long owed to him by the
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