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SHOTGUN FOR HIRE. THE STORY OF "DEACON" JIM MILLER, KILLER OF PAT GARRETT
by SHIRLEY, GLENN
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1970]., 1970. First edition. First edition. 12mo. Red cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, black front and rear endpapers, ix [blank], 131 pp., foreword, illustrated from photographs, portraits, bibliography, index. The story of Miller from the time he was eight years old when he murdered his own grandparents to 1909 when he died by lynch mob in Ada, Oklahoma. "Jim Miller was probably the most dangerous man in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico during the declining years of western frontier violence." Former owner's names on half title page, else fine bright copy in rubbed dust jacket with moderate wear to the spine ends, corners and light wear to the extremities.
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- Bookseller
- BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48854
- Title
- SHOTGUN FOR HIRE. THE STORY OF "DEACON" JIM MILLER, KILLER OF PAT GARRETT
- Author
- SHIRLEY, GLENN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press, [1970].
- Place of Publication
- Norman
- Date Published
- 1970
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