Isbn: 9781574417302 - Ben Thompson: Portrait of a Gunfighter (volume 20) (a.c. Greene Series) (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed by both authors. Very good condition in very good dust jacket.; Volume 20; 6.2 X 1.9 X 9.3 inches; 688 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. A new, bright, clean and unmarked hardcover in a fine dust jacket in original publisher's shrink wrap.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No marks or dust jacket splits. Nice clean used book.

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First edition. Small quarto. (9 1/2" x 6") 665pp. A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. Number 20: A.C.Greene Series.

Hardback. Condition: New. Ben Thompson was a remarkable man, and few Texans can claim to have crowded more excitement, danger, drama, and tragedy into their lives than he did. He was an Indian fighter, Texas Ranger, Confederate cavalryman, mercenary for a foreign emperor, hired gun for a railroad, an elected lawman, professional gambler, and the victor of numerous gunfights.As a leading member of the Wild West's sporting element, Ben Thompson spent most of his life moving in the unsavory underbelly of the West: saloons, dance-houses, billiard halls, bordellos, and gambling dens. During these travels many of the Wild West's most famous icons-Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Wild Bill Hickok, John Wesley Hardin, John Ringo, and Buffalo Bill Cody-became acquainted with Ben Thompson. Some of these men called him a friend; others considered him a deadly enemy. In life and in death no one ever doubted Ben Thompson's courage; one Texas newspaperman asserted he was "perfectly fearless, a perfect lion in nature when aroused." This willingness to trust his life to his expertise with a pistol placed Thompson prominently among the western frontier's most flamboyant breed of men: gunfighters. …

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New. 2018. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 688 pages. 9.25x6.25x2.00 inches. In Stock.

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Condition: New. 2018. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardback. Condition: New. Ben Thompson was a remarkable man, and few Texans can claim to have crowded more excitement, danger, drama, and tragedy into their lives than he did. He was an Indian fighter, Texas Ranger, Confederate cavalryman, mercenary for a foreign emperor, hired gun for a railroad, an elected lawman, professional gambler, and the victor of numerous gunfights.As a leading member of the Wild West's sporting element, Ben Thompson spent most of his life moving in the unsavory underbelly of the West: saloons, dance-houses, billiard halls, bordellos, and gambling dens. During these travels many of the Wild West's most famous icons-Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Wild Bill Hickok, John Wesley Hardin, John Ringo, and Buffalo Bill Cody-became acquainted with Ben Thompson. Some of these men called him a friend; others considered him a deadly enemy. In life and in death no one ever doubted Ben Thompson's courage; one Texas newspaperman asserted he was "perfectly fearless, a perfect lion in nature when aroused." This willingness to trust his life to his expertise with a pistol placed Thompson prominently among the western frontier's most flamboyant breed of men: gunfighters. …