Featured in this lot is this 1929 edition of Famous Sheriffs & Western Outlaws by William MacLeod Raine, Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, copyright William MacLeod Raine 1929. Gunfights, Feuds, Range Wars, Tough Killers & Daring Sheriffs, this is a biography of legendary heroes and villains, sheriffs and western outlaws of America's Old West. The Old West has spawned its share of tall tales and legends, and here William MacLeod Raine brings a flair for storytelling to his accounts of gun fights and showdowns in Dodge, as well as Wild West Texas, Colorado, and Oklahoma. First published when there were still people alive who recalled these gunslingers, this anecdotal history recounts the exploits of rogues and lawmen like John Wesley Hardin, Doc Holliday, Tom Horn, the "Apache Kid," Bucky O'Neill, Tom Nickson, Pat Garrett, and Harry Tracy. Novelist William MacLeod Raine recalls standoffs, shootouts, rowdy saloons, brave men who protected innocent townspeople, and villains who put the “wild” in Wild West. Raine published these essays over a 26 year period (1903-1929) in which he tried to chronicle the history of the American west and its heroes and badmen. In some cases he claims to have actually sat down with the individual to hear his story first hand. He wrote whole chapters on Tom Horn, John Wesley Hardin and the Apache Kid. Other famous individuals covered in chapters organized by theme included Bill Hickok, Wyatt Earp, John Slaughter, Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson and Billy Bonney. One chapter explains the history of Spanish Land Grants that have been the basis for many western movie and novel. William MacLeod Raine (1871-1959), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West. In 1959, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. This orange clothbound stamped illustrated hardcover is in nice condition, very slight scuffing to cover edges noted. Intact deckled pages exhibit age tanning, ink underlining and comments observed. Original paper dust jacket wrapped by clear mylar jacket exhibits slight tears, age tanning and foxing. Measures 5.75"W x 8.5"L x 1.25"D, weight 1lb.