Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A case study in Western violence - the two year war in Lincoln county in New Mexico - often considered as part of the legend of Billy the Kid, this book looks at the deeper roots of the violence. "In research, writing, and interpretation, "High Noon in Lincoln" is a superb book. It is one of the best books (maybe the best) ever written on a violent episode in the West." (Richard Maxwell Brown) Photographs, extensive notes, sources, index. xiii, 265 pp. ISBN: 0-82630981X.