Name/Title
REMINISCENCES OF A RANGEREntry/Object ID
99.15.1.1Description
Color: Green; Gold; Red
"Reminiscences of a Ranger" by Horace Bell (Santa Barbara: Wallace Hebberd, 1927), 499 pp. A hardcover book with a dark green cover, featuring a six-shooter criss-crossed with a knife on top with a cactus, mission, and mountains below. The title is across the center, inset in a scroll, followed by four men on horseback and the author's name on the bottom. All lettering and designs, including the information on the spine, are in gold. b) is the book's red dustjacket with the title across the top, author's name on the bottom, and a drawing of a man on a horse in the center all in black ink. Subtitled, "Early Times in Southern California," the book documents the experiences of Ranger Horace Bell in pre-Civil War Los Angeles. Included in the work are accounts of race relations; Californio culture; travel; crime; early Californios; and personal stories. Several line drawings also appear in the book accompanying the narrative in each chapter. With some abrasions along the edges of the cover and pages; dog-eared corners; and slight fading of the gold printing, the item is in good condition.Lexicon
Search Terms
Books, Los Angeles (Calif.)--Description and travel, Los Angeles (California)--History, Crime--Los Angeles (Calif.), Culture conflict--Los Angeles (Calif.), Race relations--Los Angeles (Calif.)
