| Cricket in the Web: The 1949 Unsolved Murder That Unraveled Politics in New Mexico Contributor(s): Moore, Paula (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826343422 ISBN-13: 9780826343420 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: The murder of 18-year-old Ovida "Cricket" Coogler in 1949 launched a series of court inquiries and trials that would reshape the direction of New Mexico politics and expose political corruption. Paula Moore examines the infamous murder and the events that unfolded in its wake.University of New Mexico Press |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - True Crime | Murder - General - Political Science |
| Dewey: 364.152 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6.48" W x 8.96" (0.77 lbs) 215 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico - Locality - Las Cruces, N.M. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ovida Cricket Coogler was last seen alive entering a mysterious car driven by an unknown man in downtown Las Cruces, New Mexico, around 3:00 on the morning of March 31, 1949. Seventeen days later, her body was found in a hastily dug grave near Mesquite, New Mexico. The discovery of the eighteen-year-old waitress's body launched a series of court inquiries and trials that would reshape the direction of New Mexico politics, expose political corruption, and spawn generations of rumors that have polarized opinions of what happened to Coogler that windy March morning. Containing elements of mystery, conflict, power, fear, sex, and politics, the Coogler case has outlasted the brief amount of attention that most local unsolved murders receive. In this exhaustively researched study of the murder and its aftermath, Paula Moore provides the first objective account to examine the infamous murder and the events that unfolded in its wake. |
Contributor Bio(s): Moore, Paula: - Paula Moore is the former executive assistant to the president of New Mexico State University. She is coauthor of One Man's Word: A Seven Decade Personal History. |