Mark Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Western Sheriff

Robert K. Peterson and Elsie Fletcher Ruske

Verlag: Published by the Authors, 2002

Beschreibung

Limited edition, being copy 73 o 168 copies. Signed by author Robert Peterson on verso of limitation page. Boards in blue-gray buckram, with white lettering and a paste-on portrait photo of Fletcher on the front cover. Near as new. More than 90 illustrations from (mostly) historic photographs, four maps. Index. xviii, 244 pages. Two institutional copies located on OCLC (Library of Congress & Pikes Peak Library District). A biography and description of the career of Colorado lawman Markes Edmond ''Mark'' Fletcher (1876-1960), the Sheriff of Grand County from 1925 to 1944, a time which included the years of Prohibition. Describes specific criminal cases and the role and experiences of the sheriff during these years. In addition, the Fletcher family story is told, with their arrival in western Colorado in 1884 and their homesteading and ranching at Russell Gulch and elsewhere in the Fraser River Valley. Co-written by Fletcher's daughter Elsie. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 015373

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Mark Fletcher: The Life and Times of a ...

Verlag: Published by the Authors

Erscheinungsdatum: 2002

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition.