From the Depth of the Mines Came the Law: A History of the Bench and Bar of Calaveras County

Arkin, Michael B.; Laskin, Franklin T.;

ISBN 10: 1884995160 / ISBN 13: 9781884995163

Published by Word Dancer Press, Clovis, CA, 2000

About this Item

144pp. Signed by both authors on title page. Also inscribed to former owner by Laskin on the page facing the copyright page. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Wraps have scuffs and light scratches. Rear wrap is sunned along the edges. Text is unmarked. 1884995160.

Seller Inventory # 33481

Bibliographic Details

• Title: From the Depth of the Mines Came the Law: A History of the Bench and Bar of Calaveras County
• Publisher: Word Dancer Press, Clovis, CA
• Publication Date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1884995160
• ISBN 13: 9781884995163
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Authors
• Seller catalogs:
  • Law, Legal, Lawyers, Courts

About this title

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.

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