Philip J. Rasch

Philip J. Rasch
Born	(1909-12-03)December 3, 1909 Grand Rapids, Michigan, US
Died	October 3, 1995(1995-10-03) (aged 85) Ojai, California, US
Occupations	Historian Author Researcher Physiologist
Years active	1947–1995

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

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. The extensive detail of Rasch's early research of the Old West, can be found in his 1948 article: Red Hair and Outlawry

Publications

• 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

External links

• Philip J. Rasch at New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Worldcat Overview & works, Philip J. Rasch
• Philip J. Rasch at LibraryThing