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Hands Up! Stories of the Six-Gun Fighters of the Old Wild West. As told by Fred E. Sutton written down by A.B. Macdonald.
by MACDONALD, A.B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1927. First edition Octavo (8.5" x 6"), 303 pages plus 15 pages of illustrations mostly from photographs. Publisher's green cloth lettered & decorated in gilt
Edges moderately rubbed, light fraying at the spine extremities, spine gilt dull, sporadic foxing & occasional handling marks, a Good or better copy
Chapters include:
Why was the old West wild? - The border code - The shot in the dark - "Fanning" from the hip - "Fill your hand!" - "Shoot first and never miss" - Six-shooters and curses - Old Tascosa - Border justice - Booming into Oklahoma - The Wild Bunch - Thirty notches on his gun - Wiping out the Doolin Gang - The outlaw queen - The ill-starred Starr - The man who wouldn't be good - With his boots on - Tilghman's last trail.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1407
- Title
- Hands Up! Stories of the Six-Gun Fighters of the Old Wild West. As told by Fred E. Sutton written down by A.B. Macdonald.
- Author
- MACDONALD, A.B
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1927
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Western Americana, Crime, Lawmen, Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, Jesse James
- Bookseller catalogs
- Trade Catalogues, Advertising; Crime;
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