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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 Cemetery. Yale Historian John Mack Faragher Delves Into The Birth Of The City Of Angels To Deliver A Rich Portrait Of Its Rise. From Its Modest Origins As A Small Mexican Pueblo To A Sprawling Modern Metropolis, Los Angeles Would Remain A City Founded On Blood, Where Justice Was Elusive. Saloons And Gambling Houses Teemed With Crowds Of Indians, Californios, Mexicans, And Americans, All Quick To Draw Their Bowie Knives Or Colt Revolvers. Faragher Reveals The City's Long Tradition As A Lawless Outpost Rife With Ethnic Conflict And Ruled By Vigilantism, Resisting An Official Legal System. Eternity Street Delivers A Piercing Look At The Birth Of This Quintessentially American City--provided By Publisher. Cast Of Characters -- Prologue: A Terrible Place For Murders -- Part One -- A People Angry And Armed -- Reduced To Obedience -- A Country Entirely Altered -- Extranjeros -- The Texas Game -- Cal

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Author

Faragher, John Mack, 1945-

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393051360

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Sociology, History

Rating

3.92 / 5 (52 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13