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Cody Polston is a historian who enjoys giving tours of Albuquerque and other historic sites in New Mexico. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs including Dead Famous (Biography Channel), Weird Travels (Travel Channel) and In Her Mother's Footsteps (Lifetime Channel exclusive), as well as Extreme Paranormal and The Ghost Prophecies (both A&E network). Cody is the author of four books on paranormal topics, the host and producer of the popular podcast Ecto Radio and the writer for Ghosthunter X magazine. He is the founder of the Southwest Ghost Hunter's Association and has been investigating paranormal claims since 1985.
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Series: Wicked
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: The History Press (October 9, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1467137987
ISBN-13: 978-1467137980
Product Dimensions:
6 x 0.3 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
3.6 out of 5 stars
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Every American community has its history of lawlessness. The History Press has published a series of about 100 books with "Wicked" as the first word of the title and a community as the second word exploring colorful, outside the law elements in a community's past. Albuquerque, New Mexico is a prime subject for a book about early wickedness. New Mexico did not become a State until 1912, giving Albuquerque, its largest city, a long territorial past rife with opportunities for mischief. In his book, "Wicked Albuquerque" (2017), Cody Polston, a local historian, ghosthunter, and student of the paranormal explores flamboyant stories of lawlessness in Duke City. Polston's book covers a broad time period beginning with Civil War Albuquerque, continuing through the "Wild West", Old Town Albuquerque, New Town Albuquerque, and 20th Century history in a discussion of nuclear mishaps and the Rosenberg espionage case.The term "wicked" calls to mind stories of shady ladies and houses of ill fame, and in this expectation Polston's book does not disappoint. As a growing, remote Western city, Albuquerque offered ample opportunity for the oldest profession, both in old Albuquerque, prior to 1880 and in the new post-1880 Albuquerque which relocated following the coming of the railroad. Polston tells the story of Lizzie McGrath, known as the "Lilly of Copper Avenue" and of her two successful brothels. Polston also describes "Hell's Half Acre" in new Albuquerque which flourished after 1885. In addition to many brothels, Hell's Half Acre's vices included flourishing opium dens. Polston tells the story of both the brothels and the dens with gusto. His account makes good use of photographs and of quotations from contemporary sources.Polston's book also tells the story of one Park Van Tassel and of his efforts beginning in 1882 to promote hot air ballooning in Albuquerque. Part entrepreneur and part charlatan, Van Tassel's 1882 efforts nearly ended in tragedy but drew the city in. Van Tassel's subsequent efforts combined ballooning with parachuting and resulted in world-wide interest and, ultimately, the death of Van Tassel's wife. Albuquerque and hot air ballooning became forever intertwined and the city holds an annual ballooning festival, with the upcoming festival scheduled for October, 2018. Polston tells the story of Van Tassel and ballooning with verve and again enhances his account with contemporary sources and photographs.There are many other good stories in the book, including the adventures of Milt Yarberry and Elfego Baca, desperados who straddled both sides of the law. Polston's story of Albuquerque's "Wayward Priest", Padre Jose Gallegos, also figures in Willa Cather's famous novel, "Death Comes for the Archbishop".The portions of the book set before and after Albuquerque's territorial period, while including interesting material, seem out of place in a story of wickedness. The former material consists of a brief account of the Civil War in Albuquerque. War is wicked but a story of the Civil War in Albuquerque does not equate to a story of specific wickedness. On the more contemporary part of the book, Polston's account of nuclear misadventures shows more of accident than wickedness. His account of the Rosenberg case is brief and out of place in a book such as this, but it does include valuable first-hand sources on the executions of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg."Wicked Albuquerque" offers an entertaining look at the bawdy, early history of an American community. It would have been even more entertaining and cohesive with more focus on territorial days. The book is enhanced by its use of original source material and includes a good bibliography. The publisher, History Press/Arcadia Publishing kindly sent me a copy of the book for review.Robin Friedman
When it comes to compilation history or nonfiction books/series take them with a grain of salt. “Wicked_____â€, and “Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in _____†are two such series of books. While I cannot speak of their entire content, some chapters are beyond poorly researched.Some of these types of books are good. (New Mexico nonfiction) Books by Marc Simmons or Howard Bryan are quite excellent. Don Bullis too has great moments. Why? Because they’ve done extensive research their entire careers and specialized in certain areas.The other books (such as the Wicked series) seem to merely repeat the same stories, providing nothing new. Mostly a regurgitation of unverified or only partially factual information. Great on narrative and legend/myth, but wholly absent of hard facts.Put it this way. If you’ve spent years researching a particular event or person and read a chapter on said subject in Wicked Albuquerque,for example, you’ll see within probably the first page that they did not research well.Whilst reading my own copy of Wicked Albuquerque for research purposes I realized they hadn’t read or used a couple of very key books in their one research or they wouldn’t have wrote what they did. Or at least would have wrote it differently.These types of books are entertaining and can be a good starting point to draw one’s interest towards a subject, but that’s all they should be.I will admit that I’m torn when it comes many of these types of books. An example of which would be those Robert K. DeArment, specifically his “Deadly Dozen†series. The first volume is a book many who have written about early Albuquerque have used in their own research. Volume One was in fact the jumping off point in my researching endeavor (over three years ago) for writing the biography I am still working on. In those three years that chapter has become less and less relevant to the facts. Great leads for research! But, very little more than a reference point now. This is in fact what Wicked Albuquerque became for me within only a few paragraphs on the chapter I needed to read...merely consigned to the dusty Rarely Used section of reference material in my book's exponentially growing research bibliography, and personal library.It will be will be a fun read for many. Good stories and narrative. But if you know quite a good deal of one of the subjects from personal and long research, well, I'm willing to bet that ignorance is bliss, as they say.
I am a performer of magic. In 2006 Cody suggested I play the character of Milton J. Yarberry. He was Albuquerque's first "elected" sheriff, the only sheriff in the United States hanged for murder February 9, 1883. It has been a phenomenal experience for me. In addition to the Yarberry section of the book, (spot on, in my opinion), the book is filled with a fascinating look at the city's most wicked side. Polston pulls back the covers to reveal little known secrets and facts of Albuquerque's red light district, right in the middle of new town! Readers looking for a blend of wild characters, hidden history and some of the things that made Albuquerque quirky will love this book.
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