Author : Sven Crongeyer
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ISBN 13 : 9781933502007
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)
Book Synopsis Six Gun Sound by : Sven Crongeyer
Download or read book Six Gun Sound written by Sven Crongeyer and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account of the struggle to bring law and order to a city rich with gold rush money, at odds with Mexican bandits, and teeming with forty-niners and confederate sympathizers chronicles the chaotic early days of Los Angeles, which boasted the highest homicide rate in America by 1850. From profiles of the frontier-style lawmen hired to stop the initial mayhem to an analysis of the city's modern sheriff's office -- the largest in America -- this book draws comparisons between the uproar of the early days, the racial tensions that erupted during the Watts riots, and the safety issues that preoccupy the police force today.