![]() Crimson cloth over boards with gilt titles at the front panel and backstrip. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. ![]() Very Good+: shows very light wear to the extremities and the mildest rubbing. Were they heroes, villains, or ordinary citizens catapulted into sudden strife by forces which they could neither understand nor control?" (from the author's preface). (.) In the struggle to conquer the arid plains and the insolent railway, Chris Evans and John Sontag were destined to take prominent parts. ![]() "This factual story about how Christopher Evans and John Sontag came to be the most wanted men in California in 1893 is also the story of life in the San Joaquin Valley at the turn of the century. Christopher Evans (1847-1917) and John Sontag (1862-1893) were known as "The Visalia Bandits" for their alleged role in train robberies in California. Corners of boards and textblock bumped, textblocked bumped at the spine base, gutter neatly strengthened at the half-title, very good in good only dust jacket with creases on both panels as well as the foxed spine, and with short chips and tears at the folds with internal and external tape reinforcements there. ![]()
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