| California Justice: Shootouts, Lynchings and Assassinations in the Golden State Contributor(s): Kulczyk, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1884995543 ISBN-13: 9781884995545 Publisher: Craven Street Books OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2007 Annotation: When it comes to Hollywood movie shootouts, lynchings, and assassinations the storyline almost always follows the same arc: the bad guys abuse the good guys, the good guys take the high road until the bad guy has gone too far, or, the good guys pick off the bad guys, one by one, in an increasingly dramatic fashion.But, in reality, justice especially California justice is never so black and white. Sometimes it is difficult to tell the victims from the perpetrators. From the Oregon border to the Mexican Border; from an 1850 Squatter's Riot to a bloody 2003 confrontation at a Ukiah Wal-Mart, David Kulczyk probes California's most notorious shootouts, lynchings, and assassinations always leaving the final judgement to the reader. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: 364.150 |
| LCCN: 2007022539 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.16" W x 8.94" (0.47 lbs) 155 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - West Coast - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Introducing the victims and perpetrators responsible for California's most notorious shootouts, lynchings, and assassinations, this account shows how homemade justice is never black-and-white. In relating these histories, this discussion also analyzes how and why Hollywood storylines almost always follow the same skewed and unrealistic arc in which the bad guys abuse the good guys, the good guy take the high road until the bad guy has gone too far, and the good guy picks off the bad guys, one by one, in an increasingly dramatic fashion. |