SOAPY SMITH King of the Frontier Con Men

Hardback. Jefferson Randolph "Soapy Smith" was the slickest article that ever hit the West. He set up his tripod and suitcase on a Denver street corner in the 1880s and started his spiel. The "suckers" flocked around and got thoroughly taken. Everyone listened to Soapy as he began laying down his own brand of law for the outlaws, soon commanding a band of criminal characters whom he protected through his influence with politicians and policewomen on his payroll. He became America's first racketeer, eventually leading the Skagway underworld until a bullet ended his career. Illus., Appendix, Bibliog. and Index. 244pp. 8vo. h/back. Lightly browned edges, fr. hinge just beginning to show o/w Vg. in chipped and sl. creased G++ protected dw. which has a little loss to head of sp.