Showdown!
Subtitle: lionhearted lawmen of old California
By: by William B. Secrest
Publisher: Craven Street Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Fresno, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781884995651
Subjects: Peace officers; Biography; Frontier and pioneer life; History; Law enforcement
Other titles: Lionhearted lawmen of old California
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-294) and index.
Table of contents: title: William J. Howard : he was the last of the California Rangers; title: Lafayette Choisser : he held official positions with honor; title: Emil Harris : "One of the greatest detectives in the West"; title: John J. Bogard : "He would follow a criminal to hell"; title: Hiram Rapelje : a gunfighting lawman with a dark side; title: David F. Douglass : "One of the bravest men I ever met".