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    Vigilantes and Lynch Mobs
    Narratives of Community and Nation

    Lisa Arellano (Author)

    9781439908457

    Paperback / softback, published 6 July 2012

    204 pages
    22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.302 kg

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

    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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