Description

Book Synopsis
Vigilantes and lynch mobs not only usurped the authority of the law, they shaped the histories of their actions

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments

Introduction: History, Memory, and Narrative

1. From Street Brawls to Heroism: The Official Vigilante Histories
2. Heroic Stories: Vigilante Ideals and Lynching Truths
3. John/the Victim/the Heathen: Hubert Howe Bancroft and the Making of Western History
4. Narrative Revisions and the End of the Vigilante Ideal

Conclusion: Living in, and with, the Past

Appendix A: Official Vigilante Histories
Appendix B: The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
Appendix C: Vigilance Committee Interviews
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Vigilantes and Lynch Mobs

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      Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.
      Published 6 July 2012
      ISBN-13 9781439908457
      978-1439908457
      ISBN-10 1439908451
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      Literature: history and criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Vigilantes and lynch mobs not only usurped the authority of the law, they shaped the histories of their actions

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments

      Introduction: History, Memory, and Narrative

      1. From Street Brawls to Heroism: The Official Vigilante Histories
      2. Heroic Stories: Vigilante Ideals and Lynching Truths
      3. John/the Victim/the Heathen: Hubert Howe Bancroft and the Making of Western History
      4. Narrative Revisions and the End of the Vigilante Ideal

      Conclusion: Living in, and with, the Past

      Appendix A: Official Vigilante Histories
      Appendix B: The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
      Appendix C: Vigilance Committee Interviews
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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