CAPTAIN LIGHTFOOT The Last of the New England Highwaymen

Hardback. Reprint of the 3rd Edn. A Narrative of His Life and Adventures, with some Account of the Notorious Captain Thunderbolt. Michael Martin is believed to have been the last person in Massachusetts to be hanged for highway robbery. Shortly before his execution he dictated to Frederick W. Waldo of Boston, a reporter on the 'Columbian Centinel', an account of his life and adventures which was immediately published. Illus. 162pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. With tiny bookseller's label to fpd o/w F. in Nr. Vg. protected dw. which has several water mks. to fr and back covers, sunned sp. and small notch with closed tear to top edge of back cover. First Trade Edn. of the Wayside Press (private press).