The Newton Boys; Portrait of an Outlaw Gang
by Willis Newton, Joe Newton
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1880510162
- ISBN 13
- 9781880510162
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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£7.28£5.09
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About This Item
Austin, TX : State House Press, 1994 State House Press, Austin, TX. 1994. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light edge bumping: slight tip wear. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 332 pp 8vo. Willis and Joe Newton were 1920s bank robbers and their book offers an unusual portrait of Texas and the Southwest, especially because of the brothers' belief in the essential corruption of business and government institutions. The book, dominated by older brother Willis, is unwieldly, but should interest Texas history buffs. ``We wasn't thugs like Bonnie and Clyde . . . we was just quiet businessmen,'' declares Willis of the four-brother gang; he goes on to explain how his initial false imprisonment on a theft charge led him to disregard the law. Joe, on the other hand, ``was kind of following the leader.'' In 1924, after many successes, the gang's $3 million Illinois train robbery led to their capture. Amid the book's wealth of detail about their movements and tactics emerges some homespun wisdom; Willis declares that prisons are more schools for crime than for reform. Willis died in 1979 at 90, and Joe died in 1989 at 88. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015868
- Title
- The Newton Boys; Portrait of an Outlaw Gang
- Author
- Willis Newton, Joe Newton
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1880510162
- ISBN 13
- 9781880510162
- Publisher
- State House Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin, TX
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Joe Newton, Willis Newton, bank robbers, Texas Bank Robbers, Texas prison system, Wylie Newton, Doc Newton, The Willis Gang,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Americana;
Terms of Sale
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
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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.