Reminiscences of a Ranger: Early Times in Southern California - Couverture souple

Bell, Horace

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0806131527 ISBN 13 : 9780806131528

Editeur : University of Oklahoma Press, 2000

Synopsis

In his Reminiscences of a Ranger, Horace Bell reports that "midnight raids and open day robbery and assassinations of defenseless or unsuspecting Americans were of almost daily occurrence" in southern California, a territory newly acquired from Mexico. To combat this lawlessness, in 1853 the citizens of Los Angeles formed a volunteer mounted police force known as the Los Angeles Rangers. Under the command of Captain Alexander Hope, the Rangers strove to keep the peace within the city, and they hunted down bandits and murderers in the surrounding region, including several connected with Joaquin Murrieta's band.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Horace Bell first wrote of his experiences in the columns of his newspaper, The Porcupine, later expanded and published in 1881 as Reminiscences of a Ranger.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Oklahoma Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0806131527
• ISBN 13: 9780806131528
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 528
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• Personne responsable: non disponible