Eternity Street : violence and justice in frontier Los Angeles / John Mack Faragher.

"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 Cavalry Ceme...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Faragher, John Mack, 1945- (Author)
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. Ethnic conflict. Ethnic relations. Frontier and pioneer life. Justice, Administration of. Murder. Social conditions. Vigilantes. Violence. California > Los Angeles. 1800-1899 History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	xviii, 580 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

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