From Loretta Lay Books, London, United Kingdom
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About this Item
Hardback. The author was a San Francisco police officer for 37yrs. and chronicles many incidents and crimes of a period of the past. As a boy he was interested in police work of 50yrs. before and read the articles relative to the doings and captures of famous criminals. Chapter headings include : Early History of California, The Crime of Try Dye, The Durant Case-Crime of the Century, Wheeler-The Strangler, Black Bart-Famous Stage Robber, Becker and Creegan-Bank Robbers, Career of Sir Harry Westwood Cooper, Mysterious Murder of Jeanne Bonnet, Crime Wave of Winter of 1877, Frank Butler-Australian Killer, Famous Murder in Colusa County, The Case of Sidney Bell, The Dalton Gang, Jimmy Hope-Bank Burglar, The Police Court of Early Times, San Francisco in the Early '70s, The Murder of Joseph Blaise, Prison Escapes, Heroes Who Have Died for the City of San Francisco + much, much more. With Frontis. 292pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. With previous owner's name/address to fpd, v. lightly browned pp. Green cloth with dull gilt lettering. Nr. Vg+. Seller Inventory # 3762
Bibliographic Details
Title: GREAT CRIMES OF THE WEST.
Publisher: Peter Fanning: San Francisco.
Publication Date: 1929
Binding: Hardcover / Hardback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First edition.
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