Elizabeth Lambert Wood

This first-published book about the incident is part history, part romance, actually a "tragedy," but then the original incident was tragic. This story puts the blame where it belongs, but relies for most of the details on the tale told to the author by a neighbor, Ranger Jay Murdoch whom she met when on a month-long pack trip into the Galiuro Mountains, guided by Cliff Wood, of Panorama Ranch in lower Aravaipa Canyon. The tale of the Power daughter's romantic entanglement is apparently added, different from the other tellings. Read this one for empathy with the Power family, not for the historic details. As a reflection of Mrs. Wood's character, it is excellent because of the sympathy for the "draft dodger" sons in a war where E.L. Wood lost her own son.
The Power sons were still in prison, but the book contains a photo of John G. on horseback, as well as a photo of the cabin (no date, but before publication in 1957).… (mais)