BREAKENRIDGE, WILLIAM M. — Helldorado: . Bringing the Law to the Mesquite

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1982. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full brown cloth, silver lettering on spine, gilt medallion on front cover, t.e.g. Illustrated with B&W frontispiece and several B&W photogrpahs. NB: At the age of 16, Breakenridge joined the United States Army, eventually serving under Colonel John Chivington with the Colorado Territorial Militia during the Sand Creek Massacre. Afterward, he moved on to Arizona, eventually ending up in Phoenix where he became a Maricopa County deputy sheriff. He arrived in Tombstone before the Earps, and he served as a deputy sheriff under Cochise County Sheriff Behan during the 1880s including before and after the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. After leaving Tombstone shortly after the gunfight at the OK Corral, Breakenridge later served as a deputy U.S. marshal, a surveyor, and as a claims agent for the Southern Pacific Railroad.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. B&W Photographs. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. xlii, 454 pages. As New in No DJ As Issued dust jacket .