(TEXAS) [Shields Guss] A Biographical Sketch of the Four Tex

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(TEXAS.) [Shields, Guss.] A Biographical Sketch of the Four Texan Giants, the Shields Brothers. 8 pages. 16mo, front wrapper only; worn but apparently complete with all text. Chicago: Chicago Banner Print, circa 1884

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A memoir of four brothers, each alleged to be over seven feet tall, who toured with Barnum in the 1880s. Concludes with a brief account of the Comanche people, and a briefer account of Texas cowboys. Only four copies traced of the New York edition, none at auction, and no other copies known of this Chicago edition. Toole-Stott, Circus and Allied Arts 1841 (New York edition).