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Article #263Rare Book Western Americana "Old Deadwood Days" 1928
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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 00:00
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 00:00
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Old Deadwood Days. By Estelline Bennett. New York: J. H. Sears, [1928]. 8vo: xi, [1] 300 pages. Frontispiece and 7 plates, with 12 reproductions from photographs in total. Publisher's pictorial cloth, short tear at spine, hinges cracked, a bit shaken, light toning and spotting to contents; overall near very good. Classic work on the wild origins of Deadwood, South Dakota and the colorful cast of characters who made the town a legend. The author was a young girl during the period she writes about in this work (circa 1875 - 1890). As such the book is western americana source material and has warrented listing in Howes guide to "U.S.iania" - B356. Includes material on Deadwood Dick, Calamity Jane, Wild Bill Hickok, Madame Canutson, Preacher Smith, Belle Haskell, Buckshot Bill, Cold Deck Johnny, Slippery Sam, Mineral Jack, California Jack and Swill Barrell Jimmy, among many others. See the pics and bid at http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=417999453
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 111dad,25b531038493d3a2 X-Google-Attributes: gid111dad,public X-Google-Thread: 112862,a8b20ebdaa0652ca,start X-Google-Attributes: gid112862,public X-Google-Thread: 102b99,25b531038493d3a2 X-Google-Attributes: gid102b99,public X-Google-Thread: 10eb1b,25b531038493d3a2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10eb1b,public X-Google-Thread: 1132e2,a8b20ebdaa0652ca,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1132e2,public From: dmeltz@yahoo.com (dnlray) Subject: Rare Book Western Americana "Old Deadwood Days" 1928 Date: 2000/08/25 Message-ID: <dmeltz-2508001957390001@adsl-63-206-90-175.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net> X-Deja-AN: 662601442 X-Complaints-To: abuse@pacbell.net X-Trace: news.pacbell.net 967258565 63.206.90.175 (Fri, 25 Aug 2000 19:56:05 PDT) Organization: SBC Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 19:56:05 PDT Newsgroups: fl.forsale,ca.forsale,ny.forsale,ga.forsale,tx.forsale