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James Gilbert Jenkins Murderer of 18 Men
James Gilbert Jenkins Murderer of 18 Men
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Author: Wood, R.E.
Title: Life and Confessions of James Gilbert Jenkins: The Murderer of Eighteen Men
Place Published: Napa City
Publisher:C.H. Allen and R.E. Wood
Date Published: 1864
Description:


56 pp. Portrait frontispiece and one plate by Van Vleck. (8vo) original printed wrappers, woodcut portrait on front, advertisement for San Francisco watchmaker W.B.J. Kenney. Housed in a custom cloth-backed case. First Edition.



Title continues: "Containing an account of the murder of eight white men and ten Indians; together with the particulars of highway robberies, the stealing of several horses, and numerous other crimes committed in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas, New Mexico, Nebraska and California: as narrated by himself to Col. C.H. Allen, Sheriff of Napa County, while in jail under sentence of death for the murder of Patrick O 'Brien. Phonographically Reported and Arranged for the Press by R. E. Wood. Adams, Six Guns, 2440, "Rare"; Cowan p. 312; Graff 4736; Howes W-635. "An excessively rare little book on one of the early outlaws of California." - Adams. One of the earliest historical works published at Napa.

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Wrappers silked on the reverse; faint old staining within; very good.
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