Reminiscences of a ranger, or, Early times in Southern California / by Major Horace Bell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bell, Horace, 1830-1918, author.

Series:

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

California, Southern.

Southern California.

Frontier and pioneer life--California.

Frontier and pioneer life.

California.

Ethnic groups--California.

Ethnic groups.

Law--Political aspects--California.

Law.

Law--Political aspects.

Mines and mineral resources--California.

Mines and mineral resources.

California--Commerce.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 pages).

Other Title:

Reminiscences of a ranger

Early times in Southern California

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Yarnell, Caystile and Mathes, Printers, 1881.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Horace Bell (1830-1918) left Indiana to seek gold in California. In 1852, he moved to Los Angeles and later became involved in American filibustering in Latin America and saw service in the Union Army before returning to Los Angeles after the Civil War to become a lawyer and newspaper publisher. Reminiscences of a ranger (1881) includes anecdotes of Bell's experiences as a Los Angeles Ranger pursuing Joaquin Murietta in 1853, a soldier of fortune in Latin America, a Union officer in the Civil War, and a Los Angeles newspaper editor. He provides lively ancedotes of Los Angeles and its residents under Mexican and American rule, emphasizing cowboys and criminals and native Americans. Throughout, Bell gives special attention to the fate of Hispanic Californians and Native Americans under the United States regime. For another collection of Bell's reminiscences, see On the old west coast (1930).

Notes:

Reproduction of the original from the Primary Source Media.

OCLC:

655055584

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.