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Corey Recko's first book, Murder on the White Sands: The Disappearance of Albert and Henry Fountain, won the Wild West History Association's award for the “Best Book on Wild West History.” New Mexico Magazine said of the book, “The story moves along like detective fiction . . . .” Of his second book, A Spy for the Union: The Life and Execution of Timothy Webster, the Civil War News review of the book concluded, “Just about everyone will find something to like in this tale of Civil War espionage that mixes in portions of heroism, intrigue, cowardice and betrayal.” Along with those books and a novel, Death of a Kootch Show Girl, Recko has written articles on a variety of historical topics for websites, magazines, and historical journals, and ...more

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	Murder on the White Sands: The Disappearance of Albert and Henry Fountain (A.C. Greene Series) 3.86 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death of a Kootch Show Girl 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Colfax County War: Violence and Corruption in Territorial New Mexico it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Colfax County War: Violence and Corruption in Territorial New Mexico (Volume 22) (A.C. Greene Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Death of a Kootch Show Girl, Chapters 1 and 2

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Chapter 1

Brian Stockton,
Saturday, October 31, 1953.

I took the first drag off my cigarette as I stepped onto the midway. I held the smoke in for a moment and felt a bit more relaxed as I exhaled. It was much more crowded than I had expected for a Halloween night. That didn’t matter. Despite the lights and happy screams of children and adults alike, this old c Read more of this blog post »

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