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Elmer McCurdy, The Misadventures in Life and Afterlife of an American Outlaw
by Svenvold, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New condition/As New dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 046508348X
- ISBN 13
- 9780465083480
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books, 2002. As New condition in As New dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($25.00). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Photo illustrated. True story of the Oklahoma outlaw, Elmer McCurdy. After a train robbery gone bad, McCurdy was shot and killed in 1911. Instead of being buried, his corpse was laid out for a nickel-a-look by the funeral home owner; then displayed by various carnivals, circus sideshows, and amusement parks until 1977. From the Dust Jacket: "Born 1880. Shot dead 1911. Buried 1977… Svenvold tells the bizarre story of this quixotic American anti-hero and the journey through the twentieth century of his embalmed remains. A travel book, an exposition of the exotic corners of the entertainment industry, a meditation on death and its meanings and one of the most daring biographies of recent times, ELMER MCCURDY brilliantly reveals America's deepest obsessions and how they have changed." List of chapter notes/sources. Index. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. As New condition/As New dust jacket. 8vo. 312pp.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013297
- Title
- Elmer McCurdy, The Misadventures in Life and Afterlife of an American Outlaw
- Author
- Svenvold, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 046508348X
- ISBN 13
- 9780465083480
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana; True Crime / Law Enforcement;
- Size
- 8vo. 312pp
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Henderson, Nevada
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