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From the Western & Civil War Research/reference library of Jerry Crandall
Soapy Smith King of the Frontier Con Men
By Frank G. Robertson and Beth Kay Harris
Condition; good, minor shelf wear on hard cover and library acetate over dust jacket
Hastings House, 1961
In this biography, Jeff “Soapy” Smith’s life is examined as he devoted his energies and abilities nefarious ends. He spent his adult life in the pursuit of plunder using his genius to rally scoundrels and scalawags around the sleazy banners of crime and corruption. He amassed sizeable fortunes that he gambled and gave away. When the forces of decency in Colorado called his hand, Soapy headed for the new gold fields of the Klondike. His story is told through his death in July 1898.
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