{"product_id":"2026770000493-secondhand-the-vigilantes-of-montana-or-popular-justice-in-the-rocky-mountains","title":"The Vigilantes Of Montana, Or Popular Justice In The Rocky Mountains","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good             ,              ex-library\u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping work of frontier history, The Vigilantes of Montana, or Popular Justice in the Rocky Mountains chronicles the dramatic rise of vigilante justice in the Montana Territory during the gold rush era of the 1860s. Written by Thomas J. Dimsdale — a firsthand witness to the events — the narrative details the reign of terror imposed by the notorious Plummer Gang, a band of road agents and outlaws who preyed upon miners and settlers, and the swift, extralegal response mounted by the citizens who formed the Montana Vigilantes. With the authority of an eyewitness and the moral conviction of a Victorian journalist, Dimsdale presents the vigilantes not as lawless mobs but as righteous defenders of order in a land where formal law had yet to take hold. The account is both a vivid primary source document and a compelling piece of frontier storytelling, illustrating how communities on the edge of civilization forged their own codes of justice when the institutions of government were absent. Considered the definitive contemporary record of this turbulent chapter in the American West, it remains an essential text for anyone drawn to the history of law, order, and frontier society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48826041794779,"sku":"2026770000493-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/87bc6e91-d2b2-4ea1-befd-cfdb15acba45.png?v=1780311474","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026770000493-secondhand-the-vigilantes-of-montana-or-popular-justice-in-the-rocky-mountains","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}