Examines how overland travellers dealt with criminal behaviour from spousal abuse to homicide, which most diarists called murder. Reid examines famous executions and separates fact from fiction. He recounts the experiences of 'real people' and reminds his readers that Americans have been far more law-abiding than TV, movies, and pulp writers would have us believe.
- ISBN10 0873281594
- ISBN13 9780873281591
- Publish Date 1 January 1996
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 7 March 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Huntington Library Press,US
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 326
- Language English