Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") As Told By His Sister
by Wetmore, Helen Cody. [ Taylor, Bert Leston, ghost writer ]
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About This Item
[ Duluth, MN]: Duluth Press Printing Co., ( 1899). First edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, green embossed cloth, 267pp., front hinge cracking; embossed bison head on top cover, edgeworn.
This is a fundamental source for Buffalo Bill. Helen Cody's second hustand was Hugh Wetmore, who edited the Duluth Press. Before Bert Leston Taylor relocated to Chicago, where he became nationally famous for his "A Line O'Type or Two" column, he lived in Duluth while editor of the News-Tribune, and was drafted to be the ghostwriter for Helen: his first book. This is the only edition of LAST OF THE GREAT SCOUTS that has 19 full-page plates. [Howes W297; Graff 4616; Rader 3617; 6-GUNS 2372 ].
This is a fundamental source for Buffalo Bill. Helen Cody's second hustand was Hugh Wetmore, who edited the Duluth Press. Before Bert Leston Taylor relocated to Chicago, where he became nationally famous for his "A Line O'Type or Two" column, he lived in Duluth while editor of the News-Tribune, and was drafted to be the ghostwriter for Helen: his first book. This is the only edition of LAST OF THE GREAT SCOUTS that has 19 full-page plates. [Howes W297; Graff 4616; Rader 3617; 6-GUNS 2372 ].
Reviews
On Feb 29 2016, a reader said:
For American histories of early west, this is an enjoyable book that traces W.F. Cody's family trials in Kansas and his youth and coming of age -- beginning after his fathers murder by Pro-Slavery advocates at 12 on the western plains as well as his participation in the Civil War. Especially interesting was learning he was born in Iowa. I have a nice 1909 copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0005669
- Title
- Last of the Great Scouts
- Author
- Wetmore, Helen Cody. [ Taylor, Bert Leston, ghost writer ]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Duluth Press Printing Co.
- Place of Publication
- [ Duluth, MN]
- Date Published
- ( 1899)
- Keywords
- william f. cody, buffalo bill, kansas, Bert Leston Taylor, helen wetmore
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Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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