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Wanted!: Wanted Posters of the Old West

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This is a great book featuring alot of very cool Copies of ACTUAL wanted posters found in a cellar of an old building. A great book to just flip through or to actually sit down and read as it features tons of stories about the people featured on the wanted posters. It becomes an even better value as it is priced under $20.

I bought this book after seeing some of the old posters in an old restaurant while following the Oregon Trail last year...it is fascinating to see the photos and descriptions of these wanted fugitives of the Old West. This book contains about 150 reproductions of the original old Wanted posters The descriptions are funny, quaint and in most cases, very subjective (e.g. "always has a mean look on his face"; "roman nose"; "uses expression 'I reckon' a lot"; "cheek somewhat swollen from toothache"). A great glimpse back in our history.

Great gift for anyone involved in law enforcement. Lots of great photos with fascinating details of criminals and criminal behavior. It is very interesting to note the identification techniques used at that time versus the technology of today's world. The wanted posters are way cool - scars, limps, personality quirks, skills, detailed mannerisms of all sorts- all are recorded. I can see me ordering another copy of this for my husband's office.

This was a gift for an old friend who writes for our newspaper [...] named Stan Jordan. He loved this book and the posters. We first found it at the gift shop at Arches National Park. Since we flew we didn't want to bring anything back with us and add more bags, so we purchased it on Amazon.
The book has lots of information, many of the felons I hadn't heard of.