The Life Of Harry Tracy, The Convict Outlaw

WISMER, F. D. [EDITED BY DOUGLAS W. ELLISON]

Publication: Dacotah Publishing Company, 1990, Medora, North Dakota

First edition thus. 8vo. Reprint of the original 1902 edition of which there is only one known copy. Limited edition of 250 leather bound copies. Signed by Douglas W. Ellison. Leather, gold stamping on front cover and spine, [20], 146 pp., introduction to new edition, illustrated, index. An introduction, photographs, and an index have been added to this edition. Colorado, Utah, Oregon outlaw, believed to have been associated with Butch Cassidy and the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Accounts say that he killed eight men and robbed numerous others, known not only for his killings and hold-ups, but his prison escapes. The Introduction says, "The Wismer book is unique not only for its extreme rarity, but because it appeared in print while its subject, escaped convict and killer Harry Tracy, was still rampaging across the Pacific Northwest following his infamous escape from the Oregon State Penitentiary at Salem on June 9th, 1902." As new, unread copy.

Inventory Number: 50301