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HORN, Tom (1860–1903). Life of… Government Scout and Interpreter. Denver: The Louthan Book Company for John C. Coble, [1904].
8vo. (Few leaves with marginal closed tears). Numerous plates (one with loss to corner). Original color pictorial wrappers.
FIRST EDITION. Horn was a scout, cowboy, and Pinkerton agent who was believed to have committed 17 killings as a hired gunman throughout the West. Horn was hanged in 1903, perhaps mistakenly, for the murder of a young boy. Adams Six–Guns 1033; Adams Herd 1063.