>
> Since hard-boiled westerns have come up recently, I
should also note an
> early TV western series, produced by Disney, called
*The Nine Lives of
> Elfega Baca*, starring Robert Loggia, which
fictionalized the adventures
of
> real-life frontier lawman/attorney of Mexican
descent.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
Elfego Baca (1865-1945) was the legendary Sheriff of Socorro
County, New Mexico. He was not of "Mexican descent." He was
born in New Mexico Territory, USA.
Baca once fought alone against about 80 Texas cowboys for 36
hours, killing four and wounding eight. The Texans reportedly
fired 4000 rounds in Baca's direction.
Now that is hard-boiled.
Tim Oliver
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