Vigilantes and Lynch Mobs

Acknowledgments

Introduction: History, Memory, and Narrative

1. From Street Brawls to Heroism: The Official Vigilante Histories
2. Heroic Stories: Vigilante Ideals and Lynching Truths
3. John/the Victim/the Heathen: Hubert Howe Bancroft and the Making of Western History
4. Narrative Revisions and the End of the Vigilante Ideal

Conclusion: Living in, and with, the Past

Appendix A: Official Vigilante Histories
Appendix B: The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
Appendix C: Vigilance Committee Interviews
Notes
Bibliography
Index