Vigilantes in Gold Rush San Francisco
Role
Robert M. Senkewicz (Author)
Files
Description
A new interpretation of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856 which enrolled more than 6000 members. They hanged four men and caused scores of others to leave the city. Includes bibliographic essay on how the city's vigilantism has been treated by historians over the preceding century.
ISBN
978-0804712309
Publication Date
6-30-1985
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Recommended Citation
Senkewicz, Robert M., "Vigilantes in Gold Rush San Francisco" (1985). Faculty Book Gallery. 290.
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/faculty_books/290