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The Twenty-Fifth Man. The Strange Story Of Ed. Morrell, The Hero Of Jack London's "Star Rover." ED. MORRELL

The Twenty-Fifth Man. The Strange Story Of Ed. Morrell, The Hero Of Jack London's "Star Rover."

ED. MORRELL

Other works by ED. MORRELL

Publication: New Era Publishing Co, 1924, Montclair

First edition. 12mo. Presentation inscription on the front fly leaf "To ... ... Sincere compliments "The 25th Man," Ed Morrell." Cloth, [18], 390 [1] pp., frontis. [portrait of Ed Morrell], foreword, introduction, author's preface, illustrated. Six Guns 1548 says "Scarce." "A scarce book about the terrible experiences of the last survivor of the Evans-Sontag band of train robbers. The author helped Sontag escape jail and became a hunted man with him." The foreword by Arizona Governor George W. P. Hunt and the introduction by Dr. Raymond S. Ward, Montclair, New Jersey are quite revealing about the torture and sufferings of the author while imprisoned at San Quentin, California. Jack London held the author in high regard as he credited Morrell with helping him develop his masterpiece THE STAR ROVER. Former owner's neat stamped name on front fly leaf, page 1 and page 209, cloth has wear to spine ends, corners. and extremities, text has a few pages darkened from newspaper clippings that are no longer present, else a good, square copy in a lightly soiled dust jacket with minor wear to the spine ends.

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