The Life, Times and Treacherous Death of Jesse James.

TRIPLETT, COL. FRANK.

ISBN 10: 0804001871 / ISBN 13: 9780804001878

Published by Swallow Press, 1970

About this Item

Cloth, fine copy in dust jacket. Reprint edition, trade issue. The first edition is exceedingly rare. Adams One-Fifty 138: "with a splendid introduction by my friend Joseph W. Snell of the Kansas Historical Library of Topeka." Guns 2245: "The author devotes a long chapter to accusing Governor Crittenden in strong language of conspiring with Bob And Charlie Ford to murder Jesse. It appears that several months passed before Governor Crittenden heard of this book. When he did, he saw to the destruction of every copy he could lay his hands upon. To make matters worse, the publisher was sued by Mrs. James, and on top of it all Frank James objected to the book because it accused him of moral misconduct." Graff 4196. Howes T355a. Seller Inventory # 860

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Life, Times and Treacherous Death of ...

Publisher: Swallow Press

Publication Date: 1970

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis:

Swallow Press reprint edition bound in green and black pictorial cloth with gold lettering. VG+ condition. Small bumps to the lower corners. Rubs to the spine tips and corners. Dust soiling to the edges of the upper page block. Without a dust jacket as issued.

About the Author:

Frank Triplett was a St.Louis author and mining man of the late nineteenth century. He wrote acounts of the settling of the West and a biography of Grover Cleveland.

Joseph Snell is the author of Painted Ladies of the Cowtown Frontier and retired Executive Director of the Kansas State Historical Society.