Title: California desperadoes
Description: Early outlaws tell their own raw tales of holdups, shootouts, and desperate flights from the law. Witness the cruel confessions of California bandits during the opening days of the Gold Rush, stage robbers, and California highwaymen. These tales of harrowing and sometimes hilarious antics are accompanied by many rare photographs.
Subjects: Outlaws, Anecdotes, Frontier and pioneer life, Biography, History, California, biography, California, history
Places: California
Time periods: 1850-1950, 1846-1850