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100 1 $aBurchfield, Christopher,$eauthor.
245 10 $aChoose your weapon :$bthe duel in California, 1847-1861 /$cChristopher Burchfield.
246 30 $aDuel in California, 1847-1861
264 1 $aFresno, California :$bCraven Street Books,$c[2016]
300 $ax, 223 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 212-215) and index.
505 0 $aGolden era California -- In the beginning -- The duel in America -- The duel comes to California -- The year 1850 -- The Keystone fire-eater -- The duel at Coyote Hill -- Murder at Industry Bar -- Judge Terry's first duel -- Senator Broderick's first duel -- Juanita avenged -- California's dueling Bard of Avon -- Gentleman John -- The duel at Rancho del Paso -- The captain and the auctioneer -- The Leggett-Morrison duel -- Groveling in Los Angeles -- Honorable mention: 1852 -- The Senate challenges the House -- The dentist and the grocer -- The surprise acceptance -- The fatal friendship -- The fool alternate -- Requiem by moonlight -- Our founding father's nephew -- The Hubert-Hunt duel -- A longshoreman's affair -- California's Don Quixote -- An affair of the heart -- The democracy versus the Know Nothings -- Galahad shot again -- The evils of temperance -- Crawfishing in San Jose -- The salted claim -- The grand burlesque -- A fighting editor takes a stand -- Year of bedlam: 1856 -- The doctors' duel -- When chivalry was in bloom -- Duel at Angel Island -- Honorable mention: 1858 -- Another exciting year: 1859 -- Duel of infamy: part one -- Duel of infamy: part two -- The duel at Moonlight Flat -- Shootout in Visalia -- Sunrise on Mount Tam -- Epilogue.
520 $a""Choose Your Weapon: The Duel in California, 1847-1861" describes in graphic detail the major figures, causes, and means by which the Golden State's 75 "affairs of honor" of that timeframe were fought. The number of shootouts between these "gentleman" was greater than that of any other state during those years. Because so many duels were fought over politics, the book reveals much about the major politicians and newspaper editors of that era. In addition, there is a great deal of irony. For example, in 1850 Assemblyman George Penn Johnston crafted a bill that provided severe penalties for anyone convicted of dueling. Still, it remained impossible to empanel a jury that would convict a duelist. Eight years later this same legislator sent a challenge to a member of the State Senate, and, in the shootout that followed, killed him. Though found not guilty, he was the first duelist to be tried under the very statute he had written. New evidence also reveals there was far more paradox than previously imagined regarding the infamous duel between U.S. Senator David C. Broderick and State Supreme Court Justice David Terry. One of the most grueling duels ever to take place on the frontier was the 1853 faceoff between U.S. Senator William Gwin and Congressman Joseph W. McCorckle. Fought in the hills above bucolic San Mateo with 54 caliber Mississippi Yagers at forty paces, by dint of several miracles neither was killed. In summary, "Choose Your Weapon" provides readers with an invaluable historical primer on California's Golden Era, as well as the tumultuous temperament of its pioneer politicians and newspaper editors."--Provided by publisher.
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