VINTAGE PUBLICATION STORY OF SOAPY SMITH TRAGEDY SKAGWAY ALASKA 1973 for Sale

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VINTAGE PUBLICATION STORY OF SOAPY SMITH TRAGEDY SKAGWAY ALASKA 1973 For Sale

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VINTAGE PUBLICATION STORY OF SOAPY SMITH TRAGEDY SKAGWAY ALASKA 1973:
$24.99

THIS sale IS FORA VINTAGE publication TITLED \"THE SOAPY SMITH TRAGEDY, BY CLIFFORD, SECOND PRINTING, 1973\"

SOFTCOVERS-STAPLED BINDING, 6 INCHES TALL AND UNPAGINATED.

Store sticker on the front-end paper, otherwise a very clean item with numerous illustrations.

From internet:

Jefferson Randolph \"Soapy\" Smith II (November 2, 1860 – July 8, 1898) was an American con artist and gangster in the American frontier.

Smith operated confidence schemes across the Western United States, and had a large hand in organized criminal operations in both Colorado and the District of Alaska. Smith gained notoriety through his \"prize soap racket,\" in which he would sell bars of soap with prize money hidden in some of the bars\' packaging in order to increase sales. However, through sleight of hand, he would ensure that only members of his gang purchased \"prize\" soap. The racket led to his sobriquet of \"Soapy.\"

The success of his soap racket and other scams helped him finance three successive criminal empires in Denver and Creede, both in Colorado, and in Skagway, Alaska. He was killed in the shootout on Juneau Wharf in Skagway, on July 8, 1898.

S&H costswill be $4.99by USPS GROUND ADVANTAGE MAIL(NEW NAME FOR FIRST CLASSMail in the US.) collects sales tax.

International rates are much higher.Thanks for browsing this listing.STRHIJ04