Vigilante Wars

How the 1849 Gold Rush in California brought mob rule ...


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William L. O'Neill

In addition to Coming Apart, his account of the 1960s, William L. O’Neill has also written more than a dozen books in American history, including A Bubble in Time: America During the Interwar Years, 1989–2001; A Democracy at War; American High: The Years of Confidence, 1945–1960; and Feminism in America. He is professor emeritus of history at Rutgers University.