Dirty Deeds. Land, Violence, and the 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committee, Paperback

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