VIGILANTES: A Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Plummer Gang of Outlaws in and about Virginia City, Montana in the early '60's.
by Birney, Hoffman, Illustrated by Hargens, Charles
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in near fine dust jacket - a very attractive copy, straight and tight, with a little light toning to the pages and dus/near fine
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Philadelphia:: The Penn Publishing Company,, (1929.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket - a very attractive copy, straight and tight, with a little light toning to the pages and dustjacket, very minor edgewear to the dj - uncommon in dust jacket and especially so in this condition. Original price of $3.50 still present. . First printing. Classic account of one of the most notorious 'outlaw gangs' in the story of the Western frontier - and of the organization - the Montana vigilantes - which brought them down, written in a very readable style, with an emphasis on the personalities of those involved. It is interesting to compare this with the 2004 book by Frederick Allen "A Decent and Orderly Lynching." Illustrated with a frontispiece, 15 photographic plates, a map and drawings by Charles Hargens. 346 pp. Illustrated endpapers.
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- Title
- VIGILANTES: A Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Plummer Gang of Outlaws in and about Virginia City, Montana in the early '60's.
- Author
- Birney, Hoffman, Illustrated by Hargens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in near fine dust jacket - a very attractive copy, straight and tight, with a little light toning to the pages and dus
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Penn Publishing Company,
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia:
- Date Published
- (1929.)
- Keywords
- montana, rocky mountains, gold rush, henry plummer, outlaws, vigilantes,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
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