
According to an 1838 U.S.-published instruction manual for dueling, the practice of dueling was going to last “as long as a manly independence, and a lofty personal pride in all that dignifies and ennobles the human character, shall continue to exist.”[1] Be that as it may, dueling was soon gone as a practice in any way acceptable or routine, and most of the globe had never had it to begin with.
Many years ago, I wrote a book about the outlawrists of the 1920s, people (led by lawyers) who were



