SATAN'S PARADISE: From Lucien Maxwell to Fred Lambert
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Good. Item #2302010
1st printing. Cloth. 274pp. Chapter end drawings by Fred Lambert. Cleaveland was author of the ranching classic, No Life For a Lady. The author here further describes life in the Cimarron area of New Mexico. She writes about some of the prime actors and characters: Uncle Dick Wootton, Clay Allison, Black Jack Gang, and more. She says, "This is not a book for the sober historian ... The compiler of these personal reminiscences and family traditions has endeavored to re-create the mental atmosphere of the behavior of a lot of people withing three generations of her own experience." A fine copy in good dj with small chips and mild rubbing. Scarce now.
Price: $59.00