Shotguns and Stagecoaches; The Brave Men Who Rode for Wells Fargo in the Wild West
by John Boessenecker
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 1250184886
- ISBN 13
- 9781250184887
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
€9.35€6.54
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About This Item
New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2018 Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, New York. 2018. Hardcover. Stated First Edition 2018/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New with bumped head and lower rear tip from shipping. DJ: New; NOT Price Clipped ($29.99) with light wear to head, tail, and tips from shipping. Red boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 348 pp 8vo. Through the gold rush and the early days of delivery with horses and saddlebags, to the heyday of stagecoaches and large shipments of gold, and finally to the rise of the railroad and the robbers who concocted unheard-of schemes to loot trains, Wells Fargo always had courageous men to protect its treasure. They were tough fighting men who risked their lives every time the climbed into the front boot of a Concord coach or WF Mail train car. These are the stories of the men who worked for WF and of the men who tried to wrest the treasure WF was to protect from them. A clean pristine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016019
- Title
- Shotguns and Stagecoaches; The Brave Men Who Rode for Wells Fargo in the Wild West
- Author
- John Boessenecker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1250184886
- ISBN 13
- 9781250184887
- Publisher
- Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2018
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Stagecoaches, Wells Fargo, messengers, shotgun riders, outlaws, robbers, train robberies, gold thefts, Texas Rangers, Railroad detectives, lawmen, Shotgun messenger, Expressman,
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- Transportation;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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