The Earps Invade Southern California: Bootlegging Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and the Old Soldiers' Home
by Don Chaput and David D. de Haas
University of North Texas Press, 2020
Cloth: 978-1-57441-809-5 | eISBN: 978-1-57441-818-7
Library of Congress Classification F860.C45 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification 978.02092
TOC
Cover
Praise for the book—
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Prologue
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: The Wandering Earp Band of Brothers
Chapter 2: The Birth of Santa Monica and the Old Soldiers’ Home
Chapter 3: The Birth of Soldiers’ City
Chapter 4: Malibu Attacks! The Earp Scheme
Chapter 5: Almost Paradise
Chapter 6: The Den of Evil
Chapter 7: Sawtelle; a New City
Chapter 8: The Earps Cometh
Chapter 9: Enter V.W. Earp; Virgil Joins the Revelry
Chapter 10: The City of Angels
Chapter 11: Exit Virgil Earp; Goldfield Beckons
Chapter 12: Fellow Sophisticates from the Wild West
Chapter 13: The Earps Lose the Battle of Sawtelle
Chapter 14: King of the Blind Pigs and the Sawtelle Social Club
Chapter 15: The Evolution of Sawtelle
Chapter 16: Santa Monica Accepts its Destiny: Tombstone/Wild West Connections
Chapter 17: The Earps Retreat
Chapter 18: In Perspective: A Family on the Move
Epilogue
Appendix I: Some of the Other Soldiers
Appendix II: The Sawtelle Battle Earp Reserve Troops
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
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