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Santa Barbara, California: Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, for the author, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A Fine condition copy from the personal library of the owner of California Collectible Books, in Martinez, California, Lloyd Mason. Bound in an octavo hardcover format, bright red cloth covers with a blind-stamped illustration to front cover, bright and distinctive gilt lettering to spine, deckled fore-edge, and plentiful illustrations in black-and-white. This work of social history recounts the period in the 1880s when lawless bands of vigilantes marauded throughout the State of Indiana and then spread to adjacent and non-contiguous states, including, eventually, to California, akin to the ways in which the Knights of the Golden Circle spread terror prior to the Civil War. As the "White Caps" spread they spread fear and terror and twisted senses of morality. The so-called "Lake County incident" involved these Ku Klux KIan-like vigilante… Leer más

Santa Barbara.: Self published. , 1969.. First edition. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. . 4to.. Illustrated. Important reference work.

Santa Barbara, CA: Kennedy, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Quarto. Fast shipping with free delivery confirmation.

Santa Barbara.: Self published. , 1969.. First edition. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. . 4to.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

Santa Barbara: by the author, 1969 First edition. Small quarto. Designed and printed by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy. Illustrated. Red cloth, lettered in gilt. A fine copy. Details the Lake County incident during the late 19th century involving the KIan-like vigilante White Cap movement. Whitecapping is a phenomenon that occurred specifically in America during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was originally a ritualized form of enforcing community standards, appropriate behavior and traditional rights. However, as it spread throughout North America it took on a distinct racial characteristic. It started in Indiana around 1873, as white males began forming secret societies in order to attempt to deliver justice. These groups were known as the "White Caps". The first White Cap encounters were generally aimed at those who went against a community's values such as abusive family men, women giving birth out of wedlock, et al. This important work details the Lake County incident, the… Leer más