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Porter Rockwell: The Definitive Biography signed FIRST PRINTING
1986026168New York: Paramount Books 1986. SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the front free endpaper his signature only NOT personalized to anyone. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket lightly rubbed price clipped. NO chips. NO tears. Sharp corners. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO owner's name or bookplate. A handsomely produced book. Illustrated with many photos and vintage portraits. "First edition first printing April 1986" is so stated on the copyright page. From the publisher: "Read the true story of Brigham Young's bodyguard -- a man history and Hollywood has completely overlooked -- the only man to kill more outlaws than Wyatt Earp Doc Holladay Tom Horn and Batt Masterson combined. A man who believed from a blessing he received from Joseph Smith that if he never cut his hair he could never die in a fight. Assassins ambushed him but no one could kill him as confirmed by the Deseret News in 1918 stating he had passed through dangers 'unscathed as numerous as those recorded in the most lurid fiction' after it had interviewed numerous settlers who had known him. Gunfighters traveled hundreds of miles to 'get him' -- none succeeded. Outlaws actually sang compfire ballads about him. Latter-day Saints are proud to view him as a folk hero. Reading this book allows us to see what a real hero is. Famed British journalist Jules Remy wrote in 1861 'He is the stuff from which heroes are wrought. It is he who is ever at hand where there is a sacrifice to be made which can be of advantage to the oppressed.' Richard Lloyd Dewey quotes hundreds of original sources -- journals letters and court records -- some from sources never before tapped -- and weaves them all together in fascinating form. In the process he clarifies the controversies dispels the shadows and melts away the myriads of anti-Mormon myths. Journalistic fast-flowing writing sweeps you through explosive early Mormon history with charm and style. He reports little known events and unravels a bizarre yet faith-promoting tale. The Deseret News of 1986 reports 'The writing is slick and the pace is fast. Dewey has done his homework.' It's a story told with breadth and feeling. the most intriguing ACCURATE account yet of Orrin Porter Rockwell. Also the most comprehensive by far. As the definitive work on him this fascinating epic biography is as exciting to read as a first-rate novel. Beautifully illustrated by western artist Clark Kelley Price.". SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by Price Clark Kelley. Thick 8vo. xviii 574pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Paramount Books Hardcover
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