Law and the Outlaw: History and the Great Southwest and Passing of the Saddle Bandit [cover title]: Hell on the Border

[Marcus J. Younger, 1927. Softcover. Good. First edition. Small quarto. 24pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers that includes a photograph of the author. Good only copy which, while sound, is rubbed, slightly soiled and with creased throughout. An autobiography by Marcus J. "Scout" Younger, later known as Bison-Bill, presenting a detailed accounts of his transgressions and encounters with the law, which begins (in part): "Born in the land of the outlaws... on the 8th day of April, 1874... on the great Mathies Ranch, twenty-one miles southwest of San Antonio, Texas. My father was foreman of the ranch, and although my good mother named me Marcus J., as a tribute to the good physician... I was dubbed 'scout' by the first gang of cattle wranglers I ever got tied up with... ." He goes on to describe his exploits including the various gangs he was part of, as well as noting his father was with of outlaw group the Younger Boys of Missouri, his cousins were members of the Dalton Gang and the James Gang were friends of the family. This title is not recorded in *Six-Guns and Saddle Leather*, but another title by Younger can be found (Adams 2471). Rare. *OCLC* locates one copy at University of Tulsa.