Reminiscences of a ranger
Subtitle: or, Early times in Southern California.
By: By Major Horace Bell.
Publisher: Yarnell, Caystile & Mathes, printers
Published: 1881
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- California.; Ethnic groups -- California.; Law and politics -- California.; Mines and mineral resources -- California.; Business -- California.; California, Southern.
Other titles: Early times in Southern California
Description: 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: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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