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Man from the Rio Grande
A Biography of Harry Love, Leader of the California Rangers Who Tracked Down Joaquin Murrieta
Häftad, 2023
292 kr
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Like some mysterious Paladin, Harry Love seemed to suddenly appear on the California landscape at a time when he was particularly needed. As captain of the California Rangers, Love pursued Joaquin Murrieta and his bandits, and the outlaw was captured and killed. Then, his job done, he again faded …
Garden of the Sun
A History of the San Joaquin Valley 1772-1939, 2nd Edition
Av Wallace Smith, William B. Secrest m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
512 kr
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This comprehensive history of the San Joaquin Valley begins with a study of the indigenous Native American tribes of the area and their interactions with one another. It then explores the occupation by the Spanish, the trapping industry, the arrival of settlers from the eastern United States, and …
Perilous Trails, Dangerous Men
Early California Stagecoach Robbers & Their Desperate Careers 1856-1900
Häftad, 2001
221 kr
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Punctuated by gunshots and posse hoofbeats, these true tales, many told for the first time, illustrate, in both words and rare photographs, perilous trails and dangerous men from a time gone forever. The Sotello brothers, John Keener, Bill Miner, Louis J Dreibelbis, Ramon Ruiz, and all the others …
When the Great Spirit Died
The Destruction of the California Indians 1850-1860
Häftad, 2002
266 kr
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The most persistent enemy of the native Californians was the firmly rooted white philosophy which preached that, one way or another, the Indian was doomed. Beyond the callous references to "Diggers" and "Poor Lo", the single most important catchword of the period was "extermination." It was used …
Dark & Tangled Threads of Crime
San Francisco's Famous Police Detective, Isaiah W Lees
Häftad, 2004
221 kr
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He came to California with the great Gold Rush, but instead of riches, Isaiah W. Lees discovered his great talent for solving crimes and catching criminals. He captured stage robbers in Missouri, tracked con men to New York and caught the notorious eastern bank robber, Jimmy Hope in the middle of a …
California Disasters 1800-1900
Firsthand Accounts of Fires, Shipwrecks, Floods, Earthquakes, and Other Historic California Tragedies
Häftad, 2005
249 kr
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It was another time. Deadly earthquakes, steamboat explosions, floods, train wrecks, and other tragedies were a part of everyday life in nineteenth-century California. Yet, the men and women of the day licked their wounds, mourned their dead, picked up the pieces, and plunged ahead to build a great …
California's Day of the Grizzly
The Exciting, Tragic Story of the Mighty California Grizzly
Inbunden, 2007
324 kr
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Prominent California historian William B Secrest, Sr. (California Desperadoes, When the Great Spirit Died) tells the fascinating story of the most ferocious animal in the West and how it met it's demise at the hand of man. Grizzlies were slaughtered out of fear, used for meat, and even forced to …
Behind San Quentin's Walls
The History of Californias Legendary Prison & its Inmates, 1851-1900
Häftad, 2015
267 kr
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Its one of the most famous prisons in American history, featured in countless movies and novels. Its inmates have included such diverse characters as Charles Manson, Sirhan Sirhan, Eldridge Cleaver, Merle Haggard, and Neal Cassady. Its the one of the oldest continually operating institutions of …
