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Philip J. Rasch

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Philip J. Rasch
Born(1909-12-03)December 3, 1909
DiedOctober 3, 1995(1995-10-03) (aged 85)
Occupations
  • Historian
  • Author
  • Researcher
  • Physiologist
Years active1947–1995

Philip J. Rasch (1909–1995) was a physiologist, a writer of Western history and the author of several publications, notably about Billy the Kid, and the Lincoln County War.

Career

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Philip John Rasch was born December 3, 1909, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and served in the U. S. Navy on a submarine chaser in the Pacific during World War II.[1] The extensive detail of Rasch's early research of the Old West, can be found in his 1948 article: Red Hair and Outlawry[2]

Publications

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  • Red hair and outlawry, by Philip J. Rasch; Hans von Hentig, 1947
  • New Light on the Legend of Billy the Kid, New Mexico Folklore Record, 6 (1953), 1-5. Philip J. Rasch and Robert N. Mullin.
  • Dim Trails: The Pursuit of the McCarty Family, New Mexico Folklore Record, 8 (1954), 6-11. Philip J. Rasch and Robert N. Mullin.
  • The rise of the house of Murphy, by Philip J. Rasch, 1956
  • Feuding at Farmington, by Philip J. Rasch, 1965
  • An incomplete account of "Bronco Bill" Walters, by Philip J. Rasch, 1977
  • Kinesiology and applied anatomy, by Philip J. Rasch, 1989
  • Trailing Billy the Kid, by Philip J. Rasch; Robert K. DeArment, 1995
  • Gunsmoke in Lincoln County, by Philip J. Rasch; Robert K. DeArment, 1997
  • Warriors of Lincoln County, by Philip J. Rasch; Robert K. DeArment, 1998
  • Desperadoes of Arizona Territory, by Philip J. Rasch; Robert K. DeArment, 1999
  • A note on Buckskin Frank Leslie, by Philip J. Rasch, not dated

References

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  1. ^ "[1]", L.A. Times obituary, Philip J. Rasch, Oct. 6, 1995.
  2. ^ "[2]", Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Volume 38, Issue 4.
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