First Edition Deadwood (1986) Pete Dexter Hardcover Dust Jacket Very Good

Random House, 1986. First edition hardcover with dust jacket of Deadwood by Pete Dexter.

Deadwood, Dakota Territories, 1876: Legendary gunman Wild Bill Hickcock and his friend Charlie Utter have come to the Black Hills town of Deadwood fresh from Cheyenne, fleeing an ungrateful populace. Bill, aging and sick but still able to best any man in a fair gunfight, just wants to be left alone to drink and play cards. But in this town of played-out miners, bounty hunters, upstairs girls, Chinese immigrants, and various other entrepreneurs and miscreants, he finds himself pursued by a vicious sheriff, a perverse whore man bent on revenge, and a besotted Calamity Jane. Fueled by liquor, sex, and violence, this is the real wild west, unlike anything portrayed in the dime novels that first told its story.

Very Good. Previous owner's name to the front fly leaf. Remainder mark to the top edge of the page block. Nice book with light shelf wear.