(WEST) Stanley Clark The Life and Adventures of the American

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(WEST.) Stanley, Clark. The Life and Adventures of the American Cowboy. Numerous illustrations. 39, [11] pages. 8vo, publisher's pictorial wrappers, very minor wear; small Graff bookplate on inside wrapper. [Providence, RI?], 1897

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first edition. Stanley, who billed himself as "The Rattle Snake King," sold snake oil liniment from his Providence factory. The booklet contains an entertaining mixture of western anecdotes and snake oil testimonials. "One of the curiosities of cowboy literature. It includes a collection of cowboy songs, the earliest I know of in time of printing"--Dobie, Life and Literature of the Southwest, page 111. "If the medicine this fakir sold was as ineffective as his book, the snakes died in vain"--Howes S875. Adams, Rampaging Herd 2147; Graff 3942.