Forty Years At El Paso 1858-1898

W. W. MILLS

Publication: Carl Hertzog, 1962, El Paso

First edition thus. 8vo. Originally published in 1901. One of 100 copies of this "Mesquite Edition" have been specially printed boxed and signed on September 1, 1962, by the Editor, Rex W. Strickland, by the Artist, Tom Lea, by the Printer, Carl Hertzog. This is copy number 71. Two-tone quarter linen and cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, light green mesquite leaf decorations on front and rear endpapers, xxii [4], 212 [1] pp., introduction, illustrated, foot notes, appendices, index Introduction and notes by Rex W. Strickland and all illustrations by Tom Lea. This edition reprints the rare 1901 original edition. This attractive reprint of the original 1901 edition was designed and published by Carl Hertzog. Arriving in El Paso in 1858, the author has recorded an informal history of the daily events and politics in this violent frontier town. Appendix I gives biographical sketches of the important residents of El Paso who appear in the author's account. Six-Guns 1505: "Deals with gun battles and the bloody reign of the city marshals of El Paso." Contains the account of John Wesley Hardin's death. Beautifully produced by Hertzog, it is the personal memoir of an Indiana native who moved to El Paso shortly before the Civil War, opposed succession, was arrested as a spy, eventually joined the Union Army, and became collector of U.S. Customs at El Paso. As a Republican party boss, he supported Reconstruction vigorously in El Paso and tangled with local troublemakers. One of appendices gives biographical sketches of antebellum residents of El Paso. The best edition. Fine copy housed in the original cloth slipcase that is fine and with a paper spine label and the titles stamped in green.

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