(BASS, SAM) - MARTIN, CHARLES L. A Sketch of Sam Bass, the Bandit. A Graphic Narrative. His Various Train Robberies, His Death, and Accounts of the Deaths of His Gang and Their History. With an Introduction by Ramon F. Adams. Norman; University of Oklahoma Press, 1956. [xxiii] + 166 pp. With illustrations in the text. Publisher´s marbled boards with gilt title on spine, no dustjacket. Very fine. This is the first reprint of the book, originally published 1880. When comparing it to other contemporary works on Bass, the editor states that ''he gives a more extended and more accurate biography of the members of the Bass gang, such as Henry Underwood, Seaborn Barnes, and 'Arkansaw' Johnson, and scattered throughout the book is some information not found elsewhere.'' (p. xv). Adams, A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen 671, for the first edition.
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