The Banditti of the Prairies or, The Murderers Doom ! ! A Tale of the Mississippi Valley

by Edward Bonney

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Norman, Oklahoma, USA: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963 FIRST THUS. Vol. 23 in The Western Frontier Library. intro by Philip D. Jordan. Reprint (1850). A 19th century bestseller first published in Chicago by W.W. Danehower. Reprinted at least 11 times by 1900 and serialized in several newspapers. Memoirs of a pioneer Bounty Hunter on the lawless plains of the upper Mississippi Valley of Illinois and Iowa. Lawless, mainly, by law. A law passed by the legislature of the State of Illinois. Where others were powerless to stop them a small, rough, tough gunman from Indiana moves his family to Iowa and decides to help clean up the God-fearing Haven of Wild and Wicked Outlaws, the Mormon Capital, the City of Nauvoo, Illinois. A state within a state by act of law. Five illustrations. VG/G Brown marbled hardecover with gilt lettering on spine. Binding tight with minor edge soiling and spotting of end- and flypages. Very slight corner and spine edge wear. Pages unmarked. DJ intact. Some dampspotting, rubbing and scuffing; creasing at folds. Spine sun darkened and spotted. Two small tape marks. Tiny tear at hinge. Price corner clipped.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.