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Through the Shadows with O. Henry

Author: Jennings, Al
ISBN #: B0006AIVJQ
Price: $25.00
Publisher: H. K. Fly Company
Publisher Location: New York
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: no jacket
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 1921
page 183 top corner creased, stain to top of page 142; no jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. First printing, no others noted. The narrative of Al Jennings, Oklahoma outlaw and convicted train robber, who traveled with O. Henry (known to him as Bill Porter) as fugitives together in Honduras and Mexico, and later served time in the Ohio Penitentiary where Porter was sentenced to five years for embezzlement, a prison record O. Henry kept secret until the facts were revealed by his publisher in a biography after his death. Six-Guns 1172. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!