
Frontier Terror
Murder, Lynching, and Vigilantes in the Old West
Michael Rutter(Author)
TwoDot Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. June 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
244 pages
978-1-4930-6772-5 (ISBN)
Description
Following the events of January 6, 2021, talk of vigilantes and mob violence have become a part of our daily discourse, reminding us that we haven't come as far as we thought from the "wild" days of the Old West. The nineteenth century was a time of opportunity in the West, but it was also fraught with lawlessness, racism, and extreme violence as territories became states, freemen and immigrants settled alongside white homesteaders, and the first unions changed the way we work. Author Michael Rutter examines the growing pains of the American West through the lens of nineteenth century vigilantes, outlaws, mob violence, and lynchings, proving that oftentimes our country's democratic progress comes at the cost of physical violence.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Guilford
United States
Publishing group
Rowman & Littlefield
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
37 BW Photos
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
402 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-6772-5 (9781493067725)
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04/2023
TwoDot Books
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Michael Rutter is a freelance writer who lives in Orem, Utah. He is the author of more than forty books (including Globe Pequot's Fun with the Family Utah and Outlaw Tales of Utah). He teaches English at Brigham Young University.