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Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-01-10. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-01-10. Paperback. Used:Good.

Cheyenne, Wyoming: Published by the author, 1920. 75pp [front joint exposed, with hard opening, at title page; a few spots and blemishes to covers; else Very Good] ---- Signed by author on front free endpaper; also, Inscribed and signed on front flyleaf: Compliments of Luke Voorhees to W O Owen ----. Inscribed and Signed By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frontispiece portrait. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

[Cheyenne: Privately Printed, 1920].. 76,[1]pp., including portrait. Original printed green cloth. Worn at spine ends and corners, joints cracked but holding. Author's signature on front free endpaper. Top edge of text block worn with small vertical tears on a number of pages. Some light foxing in places. Very good. One of only 125 copies in the first edition of this narrative of early Wyoming and the surrounding regions, signed by the author. Voorhees was an early frontiersman of that territory: "His narrative recounts a trip across the Plains to Smoky Hill and the Republican River Country in 1857; trip to Pike's Peak and the Gold Diggings in 1859; Montana in 1863; buffalo hunting; Indians in the Black Hills and Cheyenne Country, 1876- 82; Early Stage Coach Days; the Metz Massacre; early days in Salt Lake; and the organisation of Wyoming Territory" - Soliday. "Contains some information on stage robbers and Slade's killing of Jules Reni" - Adams. Also contains sections on "Indian troubles" and the… Read More