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Reminiscences of a Ranger: Early Times in Southern Californiavolume 65

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Availability:In StockContributor:Horace BellSeries:Western Frontier Library (Paperback)Publish date:2000-01-15Pages:528
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Oklahoma PressISBN-13:9780806131528ISBN-10:806131527UPC:9780806131528Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:19th CenturySize:7.56 x 5.05 x 1.23 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCX2TH273C

Reminiscences of a Ranger: Early Times in Southern Californiavolume 65

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...

Series: Western Frontier Library (Paperback)
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Oklahoma PressISBN-13:9780806131528ISBN-10:806131527UPC:9780806131528Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:19th CenturySize:7.56 x 5.05 x 1.23 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCX2TH273C
Bell, Horace: -

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.

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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Horace Bell

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