Oklahombres. Particularly The Wilder Ones.

EVETT DUMAS NIX

Publication: Eden Publishing House, 1929, St Louis and Chicago

First Edition. Cloth, decorated endpapers, xix [1], 280 pp., Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Frontis, Illustrated, Chronology of Oklahoma. An interesting history of outlaws and lawmen in the Oklahoma Territory as told by Col. E.D. Nix, former U.S. Marshal in the Oklahoma Territory and the Cherokee Strip. Appointed marshal in 1893, Nix recounts his efforts to suppress the gangs and desperadoes who flourished during the territory’s settlement and development. Among the figures treated are the Dalton brothers, the Doolin gang, Henry Starr, Bitter Creek Newcomb, Cattle Annie, the Jennings boys, and such celebrated lawmen as Bill Tilghman, Heck Thomas, and Chris Madsen. Also includes accounts of the opening of the Cherokee Strip, frontier violence, cattle theft, counterfeiting, and the challenges of establishing law and order in the territory. "Written entirely about the outlaws of Oklahoma and the peace officers who chased them. It has chapters on the Daltons, the Doolin Gang, the Jennings Gang, Henry Starr, and others..."---Ramon Adams. Fine, bright copy in the elusive dust jacket with some light wear to spine ends, edges, and corners.