Choose Your Weapon: The Duel in California, 1847-1861 describes in graphic detail the figures, causes and means by which the numerous duels were fought in the Golden State. Because so many were fought over politics, the book reveals much about the major politicians and newspaper editors of that epoch. In addition there is a great deal of irony. For example, in 1850 Assemblyman George Penn Johnston crafted a bill that provided severe penalties for anyone convicted of dueling. Still, it remained impossible to empanel a jury that would convict a duelist. Eight years later this same legislator sent a challenge to a member of the State Senate, and in the shootout that followed, killed him. New evidence also reveals there was far more paradox than previously thought regarding the infamous duel between U.S. Senator David Broderick and State Supreme Court Justice David Terry. In summary, Choose Your Weapon provides readers with an invaluable historical primer on California's tumultuous...

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