Shanghai Pierce, a Fair Likeness

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1953 Book. Illus. by Eggenhoffer, Nick. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Pp. xiii, [1], 326. Illustrations by Nick Eggenhoffer, photographs of views and portraits, 3 maps. Bibliography and index. Brown cloth lettered on spine in brown on a yellow background. The slightest of rubbing to spine ends and corners. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket (jacket lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, light wear to top edge). A well-written biography of one of Texas' most colorful cowmen. "Pierce was a grand original. He was the first cattle king of Texas..." (Reese). "There is some material on the Taylor-Sutton feud and on John Wesley Hardin, Jack Helm, Ben Thompson, Wild Bill Hickok, and other gunman" (Adams). [Adams, Herd: 764; Adams, Six-Guns: 678; Reese, Six-Score: 38]..