Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 1996. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; slight sunfading to spine. Brick red cloth boards with orange lettering on the spine. 402 pp 8vo. Here for the first time is the complete life story of the controversial lawman Frank Canton, born Joe Horner, who after conviction and imprisonment for armed robbery, escaped to change his name and transform himself into an ambitious, hard-working peace officer pursuing felons all over the western frontier for almost half a century. This fast-paced objective biography will give unique insights into Canton's eventful life and a better understanding of how the rule of law was brought to the West by six-guns. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

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Bookseller: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 016981
Title: Alias Frank Canton
Author: Robert K. DeArment
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0806128283
ISBN 13: 9780806128283
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Place of Publication: Norman, OK
Date Published: 1996
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: Frank Canton, Joe Horner, lawman, armed robbery, robber, peace officer, criminal, prisoner, Texas lawman, Texas outlaw, Johnson County War, Wyoming Stock Grower's Association, Dalton Gang, Bill Doolin, Oklahoma Territory Outlaws, peace officer in Alas
Bookseller catalogs: Biographies; Oklahoma Related;

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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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