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Eternity Street : violence and justice in frontier Los Angeles /

A riveting popular history of Los Angeles's bloody beginnings. 'Los Angeles is a terrible place for murders,' declared the Daily Alta California in 1850. The county suffered more than two hundred killings between 1850 and 1859, with many bodies borne down Eternity Street on the way to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Faragher, John Mack, 1945- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Frontier and pioneer life > California > Los Angeles.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > History > 19th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century.
Violence > California > Los Angeles > History > 19th century.
Murder > California > Los Angeles > History > 19th century.
Ethnic conflict > California > Los Angeles > History > 19th century.
Vigilantes > California > Los Angeles > History > 19th century.
Justice, Administration of > California > Los Angeles > History > 19th century.

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Call Number: F869.L857 F37 2016
 
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