Dirty Deeds. Land, Violence, and the 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committee, Paperback/Nancy J. Taniguchi

Tells a story in which a band of men took over a city in an attempt to control the most valuable land on the West Coast. Ranging far beyond San Francisco, the 1856 Vigilance Committee™s activities affected events on the East Coast, in Central America, and in courts throughout the United States even after the Civil War. Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Author(s): Nancy J. Taniguchi Illustration(s): 27 b&w illus., 1 map Number of pages: 320 Publication date: 2023 Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 21 Cover type: Paperback / softback