Class Bias in Probate Records

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Sun Aug 25 01:10:13 PDT 2002


In a message dated 08/24/2002 6:57:55 PM Central Daylight Time, michael at ecst.csuchico.edu writes:


> Elliot Gorn has an article about fighting on the frontier in early US.
> Wimps fought with guns. Tough guys used to try to tear each other apart.
> Gouging eyeballs was especially respected.

Have you got a cite on the Gorn article? I know he wrote a whole book on prize-fighting, _The Manly Art_ was it?

Jacob Conrad



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