Frontier Trails. The Autobiography Of Frank M. Canton.

CANTON, FRANK [EDITED BY EDWARD EVERETT DALE]

Publication: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930, Boston and New York

First edition. 8vo. Inked inscription by the editor on the front fly leaf "Best wishes of the editor, Edward Everett Dale. Cloth, titles stamped in black on the spine, xvii [blank], 237 pp., preface, introduction, foreword, frontispiece, 12 plates, portraits. Edited by Edward Everett Dave. "This autobiography, written shortly before his death and edited from the manuscript he left, tells of his experiences during the Johnson County War and of his later experiences with the outlaws of Oklahoma. Canton was hired by the large cattle interests of Wyoming to fight the smaller owners and so-called rustlers in the Johnson County War, and naturally he tells their side of the story...much of the book is devoted to the better known outlaws of Oklahoma at which time Canton was a peace officer there."--Ramon Adams. A man of questionable character and veracity, Canton was arrested several times in Texas for cattle theft, bank robbery, and killing a black soldier. An important outlaw and range war book.Fine in a fine, bright dust jacket. There may be another copy as nice as this copy, but none better! An exceptional copy of an important book.

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