1881 Reminiscences of a Ranger or, Early Times in Southern California antique

Bell, Major Horace.

Reminiscences of a Ranger or, Early Times in Southern California.

Yarnell, Caystile & Mathes: Los Angeles; 1881


First Edition

SIGNED by Ellis T. Yarnell.


Size: 6 by 9 1/4 inches


Original decorative cloth

457 pp.

Worn binding, Inner Joints Split

 Text in English

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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.
One of the important accounts of early California.
Major Bell (1830-1918) was an incendiary attorney who was fond of the seamier side of life.
This true account of his service with the Los Angeles Rangers, a sort of border police, rivals any dime-store western.
The first book printed and bound in Los Angeles.
Major Bell joined Walker on his Filibustering Expedition. He was also one of the band that captured Joaquin Murietta.
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