Choose your weapon

By Christopher Burchfield

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

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.