[Item #71618] William Sherod Robinson Alias Ben Wheeler With a Revealing Look At Henry Brown and the Little Known History of the Medicine Lodge Bank Robbery. Len Gratteri, Rod Cook, James Williams.

William Sherod Robinson Alias Ben Wheeler With a Revealing Look At Henry Brown and the Little Known History of the Medicine Lodge Bank Robbery

Hardcover, Waco, Texas: Nortex Press, 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. SIGNED by one of the authors (Len Gratteri) in black ink on the half title page. The true story of Bill Robinson, a Texas lawman who fell from grace and became the leader of an outlaw gang. He fled Texas under a storm of litigation and arrest warrants and went to Caldwell, Kansas where he went by Ben Wheeler and became a city marshal. Along with another outlaw turned lawman, Henry Brown, Ben Wheeler cleaned up the rough town and earned the gratitude of the citizens. Until he and Brown decided to rob a bank in a nearby town. The robbery failed and both were killed by a mob. Book is unread and Fine. Dust jacket is very bright with no fading and only very minor wear. Dust jacket now protected in Mylar. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 277 pages; Signed by Author. [Item #71618]

Price: $85.00

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