Lisa Arellano is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Assistant Professor and Director of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Colby College.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: History, Memory, and Narrative1. From Street Brawls to Heroism: The Official Vigilante Histories2. Heroic Stories: Vigilante Ideals and Lynching Truths3. John/the Victim/the Heathen: Hubert Howe Bancroft and the Making of Western History4. Narrative Revisions and the End of the Vigilante IdealConclusion: Living in, and with, the PastAppendix A: Official Vigilante HistoriesAppendix B: The Works of Hubert Howe BancroftAppendix C: Vigilance Committee InterviewsNotesBibliographyIndex