Hell Bent for Santa Fe [Paperback]

Jack Purcell (Author)

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From the Author

Hell Bent for Santa Fe was written in 1981, then shelved for 20 years. The Texan-Santa Fe Expedition was such an obscure piece of history there wasn't a lot of interest in the event. After the Dead Man Journey book by a Texas regional author and the television movie of the event I decided to do a complete rewrite and give the book another chance. I'm as fascinated by it today as I was when I was poring through the Texas State Archives and other historical documents to write the original work.

About the Author

An avid outdoorsman reared in New Mexico, Jack Purcell writes about the people and places of the southwest. Other books by Jack Purcell include The Lost Adams Diggings - Myth, Mystery and Madness, Desert Emergency Survival Basics, and Poems of the New Old West - Cowboys, Casinos, Truckers and Trotskyite Dogs. Purcell now resides in North Central New Mexico

Product Details

• Paperback: 284 pages
• Publisher: NineLives Press (December 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974385255
• ISBN-13: 978-0974385259
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,323,278 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Jack Purcell's Hell Bent for Santa Fe, February 13, 2007

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Jerry M. Bullock "Old Texian" (San Marcos, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hell Bent for Santa Fe (Paperback)

As a military historian and a 6th generation Texan I found Purcell's account of the ill-conceived Santa Fe expedition to be historically factual but difficult to follow. Even though I am familiar with the route I could not keep up with where Jack Swiling was and where the rest of the expedition was at any givwn time. It is a great story told reasonably well and factually adequate but needs a little organization to make it great.