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PEACE MARSHAL
by GRUBER, FRANK
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1939., 1939. First edition. First edition. Author's first book. In Broken Lance, Kansas, John Bonniwell averts the Jesse James gang from holding up the town bank, but is severely wounded in the process. When he awakes in the hospital, he finds that he has been elected town marshall, with high recommendations from the bank owner and leading citizen, Steve Barat. Bonniwell accepts the job (especially after getting an eyeful of the hotel owner Eleanor Sager) even though he knows that he was only appointed to become a pawn in Barat's scheme to bleed Broken Lance, and the Kansas, dry. Bonniwell's position is put to the test when Barat sues Bonniwell's friend Waggoner for running his cattle without paying the $1 a head toll enforced by Barat. When he sees that Bonniwell isn't going to be controlled so easily, Barat has Bonniwell's enemies go after him. Former owner's name, but covered by the dust jacket flap, words, "A. W. Kuns Rental Library" on front fly leaf, and lightly stained along bottom edge of cloth, else good in dust jacket with moderate wear to the extremities. A difficult title.
Reviews
On Mar 13 2020, a reader said:
If you want a fast paced, quick action book, then this is the one for you, as that is pretty much the only way Frank Gruber wrote. He used short sentences, few adjectives, and changed from character to character to make the book read almost as if you were watching a movie. Frank Gruber is called "the king of the pulps" for good reason because of this style which did him well during his life. He wrote not only for magazines but also for the movies in both the western and mystery/crime genres. His westerns are historically accurate as to time and place and personages. Well written, easy to understand. In this one a gunfighter/lawman is suppose to be dead, killed in another town; but he really recuperating in a St. Louis hospital. There he meets a woman whom he takes a liking who is going west to the town of Broken Lance. This town is booming because of the influx of cattle because of the arrival of the railroad. And as any western affecionado knows what that means to a town. John Bonniwell is made marshal. Give this book a chance and I think Frank Gruber will grow on you as well.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2110
- Title
- PEACE MARSHAL
- Author
- GRUBER, FRANK
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Company, 1939.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
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