Table of Contents
Preface xi
Characters xv
Maps xix
Prologue: A Terrible Place for Murders 1
Part 1
1 A People Angry and Armed 21
2 Reduced to Obedience 33
3 A Country Entirely Altered 49
4 Extranjeros 67
5 The Texas Game 85
6 A Territory of the United States 95
7 Iabajo Los Americanos! 109
8 The Old Woman's Gun 125
9 San Pasqual 139
10 Poor Californios 157
11 The Grab Game 173
12 Military Occupation 185
Part 2
13 Mob Law 201
14 Violence Begins at Home 213
15 The Lugo Case 225
16 War for a Whole Life 245
17 La Ley De Linch 263
18 The Cult of Violence 277
19 City Of Demons 295
20 Vindicta Publica 315
Part 3
21 We Have Got You Now. Don Santiago 337
22 The Crime Must Be Avenged 351
23 Dueling, Shooting, and Killing 373
24 The Plague is Upon Us 389
25 Master in the House 403
26 A Refined Piece of Villainy 419
27 The Home Guard Vigilance Committee 439
28 Chinatown 459
29 Imperfect Justice 481
30 Fists Doubled Up 493
Epilogue: Forgive Me, I Have Killed Your Brother 507
Notes 515
Acknowledgments 555
Permissions 559
Index 565