Publication: Hopkins & Allen Arms Co, nd ca 1900, Norwich
6 1/4" X 3 1/2" wrappers tied at the spine. [12] pages with 3 full-page photographs of a young boy in various poses with his rifle and also with a photograph of O'Connell on the title page. Tells the story of Champion Exhibition Trick Shooter and Marksman Captain Jack O'Donnell and how he learned to shoot as a young lad with the Hopkins & Allen .22 Caliber Junior Rifle. Deaf since the age of 16, O'Connell was from Newago County, Michigan. In the story he explains how in his younger years he met and was inspired by the legendary trick shooting dentist Doc Carver of Chicago. At one time, O'Connell was a part of the Buffalo Bill's Wild West. Lightly soiled, interior clean. Very good.
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