History of Haverhill, Massachusetts From Its First Settlement, in 1640, to the Year 1860 Book

Finished this morning 19th of september 2020 good read four stars really liked it kindle owned this one is a telling of an event the is told in part in at least one other story forget which one and mentioned in other stories the gunfight at pier 70 and i like how in this story lescroart addresses the idea of what i've called frontier justice...a motif that is prevalent in many of the stories i've read of late and while the other writers never seem to question...to any degree...the idea that one can take the law into one's hands...vigilante justice, another phrase for the same idea...here, lescroart digs a bit deeper into the subject and there's an analogy about the fabled ghetto and what happens there...lack of law, own hands, this that the other. anyway, it's a start. our country this i see. the first law. hmmm.