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BODIE’S BOSS LAWMAN, The Odyssey of Constable John F. Kirgan, by Bill Merrell, with David Carle. 176 pages, 75 illustrations, 16 in color, maps, notes, index. Fate brought John Kirgan to Bodie in 1877, where he served as constable, jailer and deputy sheriff during the boom years. The foreword by Stanley Paher consists of a series of lively essays on various aspects of Bodie history: Commerce, Gambling and Saloons, Mining and Speculation, Bodie’s ‘High’ School, the Jail, Fire, at Home in Bodie, Transportation, and Law and Disorder.
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