The Earps invade Southern California : bootlegging Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and the Old Soldiers' Home / Don Chaput, David D. de Haas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chaput, Donald, author.

De Haas, David D., 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers' homes--United States.

Soldiers' homes.

Prohibition--History.

Prohibition.

Sawtelle (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History.

Sawtelle (Los Angeles, Calif.).

Santa Monica (Calif.)--History.

Santa Monica (Calif.).

Earp, Wyatt, 1848-1929--Family.

Earp, Wyatt.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages)

Place of Publication:

Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Book describes the Earp family's involvement in illegal liquor sales at the Old Soldiers' Home near Los Angeles, in the now-defunct town of Sawtelle, in the late 1890s to the early 1900s. The father, Nicholas, lived at the Old Soldiers' Home and his son James handled the sales in Sawtelle. The other Earp brothers, Virgil, Wyatt, and Newton, were also involved"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Wandering Earp Band of Brothers

The Birth of Santa Monica and the Old Soldiers' Home

The Birth of Sawtelle; the Evolution of Santa Monica

Malibu Attacks!

Almost Paradise

The Den of Evil

Sawtelle; a New City

The Earps Cometh

Enter V.W. Earp; Virgil Joins the Revelry

The City of Angels

Exit Virgil Earp; Goldfield Beckons

Fellow Sophisticates from the Wild West

The Earps Lose the Battle of Sawtelle

King of the Blind Pigs and the Sawtelle Social Club

The Evolution of Soldiers' City

Santa Monica Finds its Groove; Tombstone/Wild West Connections

The Earps Retreat

In Perspective: A Family on the Move

Epilogue

Appendix I. Some of the Other Soldiers

Appendix 2. The Sawtelle Battle Earp Reserve Troops.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-57441-818-1