The Terry Broderick Duel.
San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1939.
8vo, 89 pp. Woodcuts by Mallette Dean. Quarter red cloth, patterned paper boards, illustration and lettering in black to upper board, paper label to backstrip. Bookplate. Board edges a little worn, backstrip sunned, contents clean. A good plus copy.
§ Typography by Jane Grabhorn. Woodcut illustrations by Mallette Dean. An account of a duel between two California politicians in the corrupt and violet early years of the State. Senator David C. Broderick was anti-slavery and David S. Terry was pro-slavery, although their quarrel had more to do with personal slander. Broderick is the only U.S. Senator to have been killed in a duel while in office. Item #126862
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