Fighting Editors: The Story of Editors Who Faced Six-Shooters with Pens and Won

Schmitt, Jo Ann

Published by Naylor Company, San Antonio, Texas, 1958

About this Item

Description: Includes a few black and white illustrations; the artist is not credited. A collection of true accounts of frontier editors. The author uses many excerpts from contemporary newspapers to combine with her own narrative to tell the story of men who worked to ''establish law and order by focusing the light of pitiless publicity on the corrupt politician and callous killer.'' BINDING/CONDITION: light khaki colored cloth with red text on the spine; a small crimp in the fore-edge of both boards, otherwise a Near Fine book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket; the jacket is slightly darkened at the spine, otherwise Near Fine. bibliography. Light gray endpapers. 8vo (about 8.75 inches tall). 227 pages.

Seller Inventory # 058843

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fighting Editors: The Story of Editors Who Faced Six-Shooters with Pens and Won
• Publisher: Naylor Company, San Antonio, Texas
• Publication Date: 1958
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardbound
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Western Americana