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Hardback. Etat : New. America's Wild West created an untold number of notorious characters, and in southwestern Texas, John King Fisher (1855- 1884) was foremost among them. To friends and foes alike, he insisted he be called "King." He found a home in the tough sun-beaten Nueces Strip, a lawless land between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande. There he gathered a gang of rustlers around him at his ranch on Pendencia Creek. For a decade King and his gang raided both sides of the Rio Grande, shooting down any who opposed them. Newspapers claimed King killed potential witnesses-he was never convicted of cattle or horse stealing, or murder.King's reign ended when he was arrested by Texas Ranger Captain Leander McNelly. In no uncertain terms he advised Fisher to change his ways, so King became deputy sheriff of Uvalde County. But his hard-won respectability would not last. On a spring night in 1884, King made the mistake of accompanying the truly notorious gambler and gunfighter Ben Thompson on a tour of San Antonio, where several years prior Thompson shot down Jack Harris at the latter's saloon and theater, the Vaudeville. Recklessly, King Fisher accompanied Thompson back to the theater, where assassins were waiting. When the smoke cleared, Fisher was stretched out beside Thompson, dead from thirteen gunshot wounds.

Hardback. Etat : New. America's Wild West created an untold number of notorious characters, and in southwestern Texas, John King Fisher (1855- 1884) was foremost among them. To friends and foes alike, he insisted he be called "King." He found a home in the tough sun-beaten Nueces Strip, a lawless land between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande. There he gathered a gang of rustlers around him at his ranch on Pendencia Creek. For a decade King and his gang raided both sides of the Rio Grande, shooting down any who opposed them. Newspapers claimed King killed potential witnesses-he was never convicted of cattle or horse stealing, or murder.King's reign ended when he was arrested by Texas Ranger Captain Leander McNelly. In no uncertain terms he advised Fisher to change his ways, so King became deputy sheriff of Uvalde County. But his hard-won respectability would not last. On a spring night in 1884, King made the mistake of accompanying the truly notorious gambler and gunfighter Ben Thompson on a tour of San Antonio, where several years prior Thompson shot down Jack Harris at the latter's saloon and theater, the Vaudeville. Recklessly, King Fisher accompanied Thompson back to the theater, where assassins were waiting. When the smoke cleared, Fisher was stretched out beside Thompson, dead from thirteen gunshot wounds.

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Hardcover. Etat : Brand New. 272 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Gebunden. Etat : New. America s Wild West created an untold number of notorious characters, and in southwestern Texas, John King Fisher was foremost among them. To friends and foes alike, he insisted he be called King . For a decade King and his gang raided both sides of the Ri.

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Hardcover. Etat : Brand New. 688 pages. 9.25x6.25x2.00 inches. In Stock.

Gebunden. Etat : New. Ben Thompson was a remarkable man, and few Texans can claim to have crowded more excitement, danger, drama, and tragedy into their lives than he did. In life and in death no one ever doubted Ben Thompson s courage one Texas newspaperman asserted he was p.

Hardcover. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : New. 1st Edition. A new, bright, clean and unmarked hardcover in a fine dust jacket in original publisher's shrink wrap.

Hardback. Etat : New. Ben Thompson was a remarkable man, and few Texans can claim to have crowded more excitement, danger, drama, and tragedy into their lives than he did. He was an Indian fighter, Texas Ranger, Confederate cavalryman, mercenary for a foreign emperor, hired gun for a railroad, an elected lawman, professional gambler, and the victor of numerous gunfights.As a leading member of the Wild West's sporting element, Ben Thompson spent most of his life moving in the unsavory underbelly of the West: saloons, dance-houses, billiard halls, bordellos, and gambling dens. During these travels many of the Wild West's most famous icons-Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Wild Bill Hickok, John Wesley Hardin, John Ringo, and Buffalo Bill Cody-became acquainted with Ben Thompson. Some of these men called him a friend; others considered him a deadly enemy. In life and in death no one ever doubted Ben Thompson's courage; one Texas newspaperman asserted he was "perfectly fearless, a perfect lion in nature when aroused." This willingness to trust his life to his expertise with a pistol placed Thompson prominently among the western frontier's most flamboyant breed of men: gunfighters.

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Hardback. Etat : New. Ben Thompson was a remarkable man, and few Texans can claim to have crowded more excitement, danger, drama, and tragedy into their lives than he did. He was an Indian fighter, Texas Ranger, Confederate cavalryman, mercenary for a foreign emperor, hired gun for a railroad, an elected lawman, professional gambler, and the victor of numerous gunfights.As a leading member of the Wild West's sporting element, Ben Thompson spent most of his life moving in the unsavory underbelly of the West: saloons, dance-houses, billiard halls, bordellos, and gambling dens. During these travels many of the Wild West's most famous icons-Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Wild Bill Hickok, John Wesley Hardin, John Ringo, and Buffalo Bill Cody-became acquainted with Ben Thompson. Some of these men called him a friend; others considered him a deadly enemy. In life and in death no one ever doubted Ben Thompson's courage; one Texas newspaperman asserted he was "perfectly fearless, a perfect lion in nature when aroused." This willingness to trust his life to his expertise with a pistol placed Thompson prominently among the western frontier's most flamboyant breed of men: gunfighters.

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Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing, hardcover. xxi, 665 pages. Foreword by Robert K. DeArment. Number 20 in the A.C. Greene Series.Very good with head of spine very lightly pushed and bottom corner of front board lightly bumped, in a very good, mylar-covered dust jacket with light edge wear.

First edition. Small quarto. (9 1/2" x 6") 665pp. A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. Number 20: A.C.Greene Series.

Etat : very_good. Fast & Free Shipping â" Very good condition with a clean, sturdy cover and crisp pages. Gently used with only minor shelf wear. May include a few subtle marks, but overall a well-maintained copy ready to enjoy.Supplemental items like CDs or access codes may not be included.

Hardcover. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : New. 1st Edition. New, hardcover copy. SIGNED by both authors. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Etat : Very good. Etat de la jaquette : very good. First Edition. Octavo. Hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. xxii, 665 pages. Illustrated. Signed by both authors on the title page.

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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. 665 pages, frontis, illustrations, a few upper page edge corners with a small bend otherwise about fine, signed by both authors. Oversize item. Signed by Author(s).

First edition. First edition. 8vo. Brown cloth, titles stamped in silver on the spine, xv [blank], 272 pp., preface, acknowledgments, prologue, illustrated from photographs, portraits, maps, endnotes, selected bibliography, index. The life and times of John King Fisher (1855- 1884). "Fisher found a home in the tough sun-beaten Nueces Strip, a lawless land between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande. There he gathered a gang of rustlers around him at his ranch on Pendencia Creek. For a decade King and his gang raided both sides of the Rio Grande, shooting down any who opposed them. King's reign ended when he was arrested by Texas Ranger Captain Leander McNelly. McNelly advised Fisher to change his ways, so King became deputy sheriff of Uvalde County. His hard-won respectability would not last. On a spring night in 1884, King made the mistake of accompanying the truly notorious gambler and gunfighter Ben Thompson on a tour of San Antonio, where several years prior Thompson shot down Jack Harris at the latter's saloon and theater, the Vaudeville. King Fisher accompanied Thompson back to the theater where assassins were waiting. When the smoke cleared Fisher was stretched out beside Thompson, dead from thirteen gunshot wounds." As new, unread copy in dust jacket.