An edition of Policing the elephant (1996)
Policing the elephant
crime, punishment, and social behavior on the Overland Trail
By John Phillip Reid
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Publish Date
1997
Publisher
Huntington Library
Language
eng
Pages
321
Description:
In this volume John Reid examines criminal activity and its consequences among travelers on the Overland Trail in the early nineteenth century. Professor Reid consulted hundreds of primary sources in several repositories to discover how justice was meted out - without police, prosecuting attorneys, or constituted courts. The book is a companion to Law for the Elephant: Property and Social Behavior on the Overland Trail (San Marino: 1980, 1997).