Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction Searching for California’s Hang Trees 1
6. one Counting the Dead: Frontier Justice and the Antilynching Movement 23
7. two The Greatest Good: Capital Punishment or Popular Justice? 63
8. three In the Shadow of Photography: Copy Prints in the Archive 93
9. four Signifying Bodies: Unblushing and Monstrous 133
10. five TheWonder Gaze 173
11. Conclusion 201
12. Appendix 1 Case List of Lynchings and Summary Executions 205
13. Appendix 2 Selected List of Legal and Military Executions 229
14. Appendix 3 Pardons, 1849–59 237
15. Notes 239
16. Bibliography 275
17. Index 287