Rothert, Otto A.

The Outlaws of Cave-in-Rock: Historical Accounts of the Famous Highwaymen and River Pirates who operated in Pioneer Days upon the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and over the old Natchez Trace.

Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1924. First Edition. 364pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip. Top edge gilt. Better than very good. Item #7425

During the period when the major transportation routes through the Midwest were on the backs of the rivers, outlaws and river pirates terrorized the river traffic. The Harpes were among the most notorious. Rothert carefully covers the career of that family, as well as many other of the criminals west of the Appalachians. Clark & Brunet 243. Six Guns 1908. Howes R466.

Price: $125.00