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Violence, Law, & Order in the American West by Patrick N. Allitt

Violence, Law, & Order in the American West

by Patrick N. Allitt

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The old west took "being tried by a jury of your peers" a bit literally-thieves at gold camps were put on trial and flogged, banished, or hanged by colleagues without involving law enforcement. Hunting, settling new areas in the west, and a post-Civil War mentality made the area ripe for vigilante justice. Polish up your Colt revolver; "law and order" is more open to suggestion 'round these parts.

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