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Bandits of California...
Bandits of California...
Item # 695709
April 04, 1857
SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, April 4, 1857 It is subtitled in the masthead: "A Chronicle of the Turf, Agriculture, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage".
One-third of page 2 is taken up with an interesting article: "California Banditti". It notes in part: "...For several years past that section of the country has been swarming with desperadoes who embraced every opportunity that offered to rob and murder. Their thieving operations were not alone confined to that locality but various sections of the state..." with much more.
Twelve pages, 12 1/4 by 17 3/4 inches, a sporting-themed engraving in the masthead, great condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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