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Dacus, J. A.: The illustrated lives and adventures of Frank and Jesse James and the younger brothers, 1882

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Scope and Contents

Broadside (638 x 484 mm.); 10 wood-cut vignettes, facsimiles; previous folds, a few stains, else very good. At head of poster: "The World-Renowned Western Outlaws. Complete History to May, 1882." Advertisement and call for agents ("Please Post This Up Conspicuously") for the revised work, promising "Graphic and Exhaustive Statements of the Killing and Funeral Services of Jesse James". Includes portraits of Mary and Jesse Edwards James, the children of James, "Born in outlawry," taken from photographs provided by Zerelda Samuel, mother of Frank and Jesse James. No copies of this prospectus located in OCLC as of April, 2014.

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General

Author: Dacus, J. A.

St. Louis, MO: N.D. Thompson & Co.

Collection History

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Finding aid created via automated processes by Regine Heberlein, 2017.

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Dacus, J. A.: The illustrated lives and adventures of Frank and Jesse James and the younger brothers; Collection of Ephemera Relating to the Marketing of Books, RBD2, Rare Book Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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