"That Fiend In Hell." Soapy Smith In Legend.

CATHERINE HOLDER SPUDE

Publication: University of Oklahoma Press, 2012, Norman

First edition. 8vo. Signed by the author. Quarter cloth and paper over boards, black endpapers, xv [blank], 276 pp., acknowledgments, introduction, illustrated, maps, notes, bibliography, index. The life and times of Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith (1860-1898), who with his "bunco-men" conned and robbed the adventurers of their gold in Skagway, Alaska, mostly in the year 1898. He was a small-time crook who died after a shootout over a card game. The author contributes much to correct the myth that was Soapy Smith and provides detailed information to make the corrections. As new, unread copy in dust jacket.

Inventory Number: 33080