02052cam a22003251  4500001001300000003000400013005001700017007001500034008004100049010001700090040001900107043001200126050002000138100003000158245009500188246003900283260006300322300003600385520090700421530007201328540004201400651002601442650004301468650003101511650004001542650004501582650002601627856005601653999001701709rc 01000760 DLC20260227111901.0cr |||||||||||830331s1881    cau           000 0 eng    arc 01000760   aDLCcCarPdDLC  an-us-ca00aF867b.B43 18811 aBell, Horace,d1830-1918.10aReminiscences of a ranger;bor, Early times in Southern California.cBy Major Horace Bell.30aEarly times in Southern California  aLos Angeles,bYarnell, Caystile & Mathes, printers,c1881.  a2 p.l., [2], [9]-457 p.c24 cm.  aHorace Bell (1830-1918) left Indiana to seek gold in California. In 1852, he moved to Los Angeles and later became involved in American filibustering in Latin America and saw service in the Union Army before returning to Los Angeles after the Civil War to become a lawyer and newspaper publisher. Reminiscences of a ranger (1881) includes anecdotes of Bell's experiences as a Los Angeles Ranger pursuing Joaquin Murietta in 1853, a soldier of fortune in Latin America, a Union officer in the Civil War, and a Los Angeles newspaper editor. He provides lively ancedotes of Los Angeles and its residents under Mexican and American rule, emphasizing cowboys and criminals and native Americans. Throughout, Bell gives special attention to the fate of Hispanic Californians and Native Americans under the United States regime. For another collection of Bell's reminiscences, see On the old west coast (1930).  aAlso available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.  aNo known restrictions on publication. 0aCalifornia, Southern. 0aFrontier and pioneer lifezCalifornia. 0aEthnic groupszCalifornia. 0aLawxPolitical aspectszCalifornia. 0aMines and mineral resourceszCalifornia. 0aBusinesszCalifornia.41dcalbkf103qtuhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.103  c51894d51894