From the Depth of the Mines Came the Law: A History of the Bench & Bar of Calaveras County - Softcover

Arkin, Michael B.; Laskin, Franklin T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1884995160 ISBN 13: 9781884995163

Publisher: Word Dancer Pr, 2000

Synopsis

An accurate and entertaining history of the Calaveras County (CA) Bar Association, its lawyers, judges, and cases This book creates a record which recaptures and preserves an era of jurisprudence that had its origins in the California Gold Rush. Chronicled here are some of the county's major dynasties and destinies, endowed by a culture of high-caste and outcast: freebooters and stray-shooters; claim jumpers and Bible thumpers; rogues, rascals, and roustabouts; spellbinders, stem-winders, and minders of the public weal...sometimes rising to nobility and heroism; other times descending to farce, folly, and low melodrama. Displayed herein are the many aspects of the human character.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"A must-read for every one interested in the historical evolution of the rough shod, early day, Gold Rush mining camps into law-abiding towns, and the judicial system which developed throughout the Mother Lode." -Lorrayne Kennedy, Calaveras County Archivist

"I am an avid reader of California history and...it is about time that historians wrote about the lawyers and judges who helped guide Calaveras County through the turbulent Gold Rush years, as well as those who have carried it into the present. I heartily recommend From the Depth of the Mines Came the Law." -Fred Cuneo, "Mr. Calaveritas," former San Andreas Postmaster

"Here is a fine account of a very interesting aspect of our county's history that is indeed welcome. Not only does it contain much important factual information about our Bench and Bar, but it also has been organized and written in a very readable and entertaining manner." -William P. "Bill" Fuller, Jr., past editor of Las Calaveras, the quarterly bulletin of the Calaveras County Historical Society and coauthor of Madam Felix's Gold

About this edition

• Publisher: Word Dancer Pr
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1884995160
• ISBN 13: 9781884995163
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 146