Life And Adventures Of Polk Wells The Notorious Outlaw, Whose Acts Of Fearlessness And Chivalry Kept The Frontier Trails Afire With Excitement, And Whose Robberies And Other Depredations In The Platte Purchase And Elsewhere, Have Been A Most Frequent Discussion To This Day, All Of Which Transpired During And Just After The Civil War.

CHARLES KNOX POLK WELLS

Publication: GA Warnica, nd ca 1907, NP

First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth, lettered in black ink and gold gilt on front cover, decorated endpapers, frontis., 259 pp., preface, illustrated. Wells relates his experiences on the plains, Indians, bank robbing, Mormons, etc. An admitted outlaw and murderer originally from Missouri, Wells robbed banks and trains and allegedly killed over thirty men, including an uncle and a jailer. He was convicted of murder in May 1882 and received a life sentence. He died in an Iowa prison. Six Guns 2342 says, "Although Wells was not as popular a subject among writers as others of his ilk, he was quite an outlaw in his day." "Scarce." Near fine, bright, tight copy. The nicest copy we've seen in a long time.

Inventory Number: 52276