Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles [Paperback]

Every page ofGroundbreaking&[I]f you read Professor FaraghersEye-opening&As you read, you may regret thatHugely readable&Faragher is one of the great living American historians, and his area of expertise is the American frontier. His 1992 biography,An achievement&Faraghers stories evoke Cormac McCarthy. In a grim but riveting narrative, languid preconceptions of Edenic Californias birth give way to murder and mayhem, carnage and cruelty.Gripping and authoritative, this is a masterwork of scholarship and literary grace. Faraghers dark portrait of L.A. pulls no punches and asks us to consider what grim DNA yet lurks in the City of Angels.InThrough chilling anecdote and skilled storytelling, John Mack Faragher explores the experience of frontier violence for L.A.s Mexican, Anglo, Indian, Black, and Chinese residents. This may just be the true origin story for L.A. noir. [A] fascinating account of the twisted threads of murder, ethnic violence and mob justice in 19th century Southern California. Jill Leovy, author of