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Wyoming Peace Officer. An Autobiography JOE LEFORS

Wyoming Peace Officer. An Autobiography

JOE LEFORS

Other works by JOE LEFORS

Publication: Laramie Printing Company, 1953, Laramie

First edition. 8vo. Bright maroon cloth, titles stamped in gold gilt on the front cover, xiii [5], 200 pp., preface, acknowledgment, illustrated, 8 plates, appendix, index. The classic autobiography of a Wyoming lawman. "Published by the author's wife after his death, this book reveals some heretofore unwritten history about the Johnson County War and Tom Horn and other outlaws of the West. The author was the officer who trapped Horn into a confession. There is also some information on Flat-Nose George Curry and the Wild Bunch."--Ramon Adams. Appendix contains letters about Tom Horn and items from the Wyoming Stockgrowers Collection. A fine, bright, unread copy in a fresh, lightly rubbed dust jacket with a tiny crease and nick to bottom edge of rear cover panel.

Inventory Number: 52001

$250.00