The Magnificent Rube: The Life and Gaudy Times of Tex Rickard
by Samuels, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Dearborn, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
McGraw-Hill, 1957. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Vintage Hardcover with DJ, First Edition 1957 McGraw Hill 301 pages. Very Good+, in a VG DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to orange cloth spine with white titles over beige cloth boards - corners sharp. Minor shelf/edge wear and rubbing to original unclipped DJ - now in mylar. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. George Lewis "Tex" Rickard (January 2, 1870 â January 6, 1929) was an American boxing promoter, founder of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL), and builder of the third incarnation of Madison Square Garden in New York City. During the 1920s, Tex Rickard was the leading promoter of the day. Rickard also operated several saloons, hotels, and casinos, all named Northern and located in Alaska, Nevada, and Canada. Rickard was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His youth was spent in Sherman, Texas, where his parents had moved when he was four years old. Rickard became a cowboy at age 11, after the death of his father. At age 23, he was elected marshal of Henrietta, Texas. In November 1895, Rickard went to Alaska, drawn by the discovery of gold there. Thus he was in the region when he learned of the nearby Klondike Gold Rush of 1897. A very handsome and clean First Edition with a rubbed DJ.LOC SSS-01
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- Bookseller
- Eyebrowse Books - MWABA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230331002
- Title
- The Magnificent Rube: The Life and Gaudy Times of Tex Rickard
- Author
- Samuels, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- Date Published
- 1957
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