Romance And Dim Trails. A History Of Clay County

DOUTHITT, KATHERINE CHRISTIAN (MRS J. W. [EDITOR-IN CHIEF]

Publication: William T Tardy, Publisher, 1938, Dallas

First edition. 8vo. Signed by the author on the second fly leaf. Red, decorated cloth, titles stamped in gilt on front cover and spine, maps on front and rear endpapers, [16], 280 pp., errata slip tipped-in, frontispiece, foreword, illustrated from photographs, plates, portraits, brands and ranches (pp. 269 - 280). Many historical articles that give a comprehensive look at the county’s early history, written by many who witnessed it, plus several early pioneer biographies. Six Guns 616 says : "In one chapter the author writes that the James and Younger brothers visited Clay County, where the sister of the Jameses lived for a time. She also tells of a man who came there in 1936 claiming to be the real Jesse James, and says he was quite convincing. Such impersonations went on for years." Fine, bright copy.

Inventory Number: 53188