Title: Choose your weapon
Description: Between 1847 and 1861 over seventy duels were fought in California, more than in all the other states combined during those years. The major figures, the causes, the manner in which the duels were fought are here described in graphic detail for the first time ever.
Subjects: Politics and government, Dueling, History, Social life and customs, Biography, Duel, Histoire, Mœurs et coutumes, Politique et gouvernement, Manners and customs
Places: California
Time periods: 1846-1850, 19th century