Edward Bonney (1807-1864) was a 19th century adventurer, private detective and author best known for The Banditti of the Prairie, which resulted from his investigation of the torture-murder of George Davenport, Illinois pioneer and frontiersman.
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Edward Bonney (1807-1864) was a 19th century adventurer, private detective and author best known for The Banditti of the Prairie, which resulted from his investigation of the torture-murder of George Davenport, Illinois pioneer and frontiersman.
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Like New. Cloth, 248 pp. [adv]. Original maroon cloth, t.e.g. Spine cocked; edge-wear at corners and along joists; rear hinge starting but binding still holding soundly. Overall, . (Subject: Americana & Regional History. )
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Good. 248pp. + 4pp. of publisher's ads. 12mo, decorated red cloth, some margins lightly dampstained, bottom of back cover lightly dampstained. Chicago: W. B. Conkey, (1890). "Sensational account of the tracking down of these confederated criminals, mostly Mormons, who murdered Colonel Davenport at Rock Island and terrorized the upper Mississippi valley, from 1843 to 1848." Howes B-606. Flake 590. Adams, Six-Guns 112.
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Very good(-) A few Illus. 248pp. + 2pp. of publisher's ads. 12mo, decorated pr. wrs., wrappers lightly soiled, front wrapper creased on left side. Chicago: W. B. Conkey, n. d. circa 1890. "Sensational account of the tracking down of these confederated criminals, mostly Mormons, who murdered Colonel Davenport at Rock Island and terrorized the upper Mississippi valley, from 1843 to 1848." Howes B-606. Flake 590. Adams, Six-Guns 112.