John P Wilson earned his doctorate at Harvard University. He worked as an archaeologist at the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, and during this time excavated at old Fort Fillmore near Las Cruces, New Mexico, and Fort Sumner in eastern New Mexico.
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"YMeadows? story is a fascinating and easy-to-read narrativeof life in the rugged frontier, which was wild and woolly even when Garrett and the Kid weren't around." "Anyone who likes reading authentic histories of New Mexico's frontier days will welcome this book containing reminiscences of John P. Meadows. . . Editor Wilson puts Meadows' stories in historical context with an excellent introduction and epilogue." "John Wilson has done a marvelous job of editing these unique recollections. "Pat Garret and Billy the Kid" is history at its best and history as we wish it could always be. . . a vivid, tragic tale, full of the drama and color of the Wild West, a must read for any love of this era in America's history." "Wilson now presents a most important and interesting reminiscence of one of the lesser-known individuals of the late 19th century New Mexico history: John P. Meadows."