Wood, R.E., reporter & editor:

$500 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

LIFE AND CONFESSIONS OF JAMES GILBERT JENKINS: THE MURDERER OF EIGHTEEN MEN. Written while Jenkins was waiting to be hanged, this confessional recounts the murder of "eight white men and ten Indians," as well as numerous other crimes committed across the country. With a frontispiece portrait of Jenkins, as well as an illustration showing him burying one of his victims. Like any good criminal, Jenkins blamed his crimes on demon alcohol. "An exceedingly rare little book on one of the early outlaws of California" - Adams.

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