Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Far West
Prologue: The Greatest Flood in the Gold Rush
Part I: The 1850s
Chapter 1: The Riot
Chapter 2: Three-Card Mayhem: Vigilantes in Sacramento
Chapter 3: “An Awful Baptism of Crime”: Vigilantes in San Andreas
Chapter 4: Murder on the Sarmiento: Vigilantes on the High Seas
Chapter 5: The Perfect Spot for an Ambush
Chapter 6: Duel at Hunter’s Point
Chapter 7: Belle Cora and the San Francisco Vigilance Committee
Chapter 8: Days of Blood: Vigilantes in the Pueblo of Los Angeles
Part II: The 1860s–1880s
Chapter 9: The Escapade
Chapter 10: Sky High: The Sinking of the Ada Hancock
Chapter 11: Pirates of the Confederacy
Chapter 12: Buckskin Bill and the $4,700 Bottle of Mezcal
Chapter 13: Hanging Captain Jack
Chapter 14: The Dye Is Cast
Chapter 15: Blood in the Snow: Vigilantes in Bodie
Chapter 16: Hurtado v. California
Part III: The 1890s–1900
Chapter 17: The Ruggles Brothers and the Highway Robbery Gone Wrong
Chapter 18: The Reporter Meets the Train Robbers
Chapter 19: The Svengali of Sacramento
Chapter 20: Fugitives in the Far West
Chapter 21: The Fix Is In: The Life and Crimes of Little Pete, the Crime Boss of San Francisco’s Chinatown
Chapter 22: Dave Neagle Versus Wyatt Earp
Chapter 23: The Great Snipe, Er, Condor Hunt
Chapter 24: Mutiny on the Samoa
Epilogue: “A Wonderful Fleeting Dream”
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index