Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles

by John Mack Faragher

Book Overview

Los Angeles is a city founded on blood. Once a small Mexican pueblo teeming with Californios, Indians, and Americans, all armed with Bowie knives and Colt revolvers, it was among the most murderous locales in the Californian frontier. In Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles, "a vivid, disturbing portrait of early Los Angeles" (Publishers Weekly), John Mack Faragher weaves a riveting narrative of murder and mayhem, featuring...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393353656
• ISBN13: 9780393353655
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.2"