Choose your weapon

By Christopher Burchfield

Subjects: Biography, Politics and government, Dueling, Mœurs et coutumes, Manners and customs, Politique et gouvernement, Histoire, Social life and customs, Duel, History

Description: Between 1847 and 1861 over seventy duels were fought in California, more than in all the other states combined during those years. The major figures, the causes, the manner in which the duels were fought are here described in graphic detail for the first time ever.