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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-101841765759
ISBN-139781841765754
eBay Product ID (ePID)102919191
Product Key Features
Book TitleAmerican Frontier Lawmen 1850-1930
Number of Pages72 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / United States, United States / General
Publication Year2005
IllustratorHook, Richard, Yes
GenreHistory
AuthorCharles M. Robinson III
Book SeriesElite Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight6.9 Oz
Item Length9.7 in
Item Width7.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number96
Dewey Decimal363.2097809034
Table Of ContentRough law for a rough land · The reign of Judge Lynch · Blood feuds and range wars · Gunfighters, outlaws, and badmen · Towns that ate men for breakfast · From tribal law to white man's law · The triumph of the law · The professional lawman · Bibliography
SynopsisIn the 1840s, gold had officially been discovered in California, and many men made their way out West in search of riches. The early mining camps were dangerous places full of violence and crime. Law and order was needed, and the Vigilante Committee became the first organized deliverer of justice in these turbulent new towns. As more and more people headed out West, and many new towns sprang up, a more official system of law was needed. From the days of the California Gold Rush to the killing of Bill Tilghman, the last of the traditional frontier lawmen, this book discusses the men that shaped law and order in the 'Wild, Wild West'.