Bodies Boss Lawman: The Frontier Odessy of Constable John Kirgan

Fate brought John Kirgan to Bodie in 1877, where he served as constable, jailer and deputy sheriff during the boom years — an odyssey that placed him in contact with the emerging history of the American West. The foreword consists of lively essays on various aspects of Bodie history: commerce, gambling and saloons mining and speculation, law and disorder.