Class Bias in Probate Records

[Michael Perelman]

Gorn, Elliott J. 1985. "'Gouge and Bite, Pull Hair, and Scratch'" The
Social Significance of Fighting in Southern Backcountry." American
Historical Review, 90: 1 (February): pp. 18-52,

The book comes later, I believe.

On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 04:10:13AM -0400, JCWisc at aol.com wrote:
> 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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