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Title

  • Reminiscences of a ranger; or, Early times in Southern California.

Other Title

  • Reminiscences of a ranger
  • Early times in Southern California

Summary

  • Horace Bell (1830-1918) left Indiana to seek gold in California. In 1852, he moved to Los Angeles and later became involved in American filibustering in Latin America and saw service in the Union Army before returning to Los Angeles after the Civil War to become a lawyer and newspaper publisher. Reminiscences of a ranger (1881) includes anecdotes of Bell's experiences as a Los Angeles Ranger pursuing Joaquin Murietta in 1853, a soldier of fortune in Latin America, a Union officer in the Civil War, and a Los Angeles newspaper editor. He provides lively ancedotes of Los Angeles and its residents under Mexican and American rule, emphasizing cowboys and criminals and native Americans. Throughout, Bell gives special attention to the fate of Hispanic Californians and Native Americans under the United States regime. For another collection of Bell's reminiscences, see On the old west coast (1930).

Names

  • Bell, Horace, 1830-1918.

Created / Published

  • Los Angeles, Yarnell, Caystile & Mathes, Printers, 1881.

Headings

  • -  California, Southern
  • -  Frontier and pioneer life--California
  • -  Ethnic groups--California
  • -  Law--Political aspects--California
  • -  Mines and mineral resources--California
  • -  Business--California

Medium

  • 2 p.l., [2], [9]-457 p. 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F867 .B43 1881

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • rc01000760

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

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"California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900.

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Chicago citation style:

Bell, Horace. Reminiscences of a ranger;or, Early times in Southern California. Los Angeles, Yarnell, Caystile & Mathes, Printers, 1881. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01000760/.

APA citation style:

Bell, H. (1881) Reminiscences of a ranger;or, Early times in Southern California. Los Angeles, Yarnell, Caystile & Mathes, Printers. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01000760/.

MLA citation style:

Bell, Horace. Reminiscences of a ranger;or, Early times in Southern California. Los Angeles, Yarnell, Caystile & Mathes, Printers, 1881. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/rc01000760/>.