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Offline Ethan

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Elmer Keith book?I do
« on: March 05, 2012, 01:42:24 PM »
I don't know if this is the place to put this but, I was looking for Elmer Keith's book" Hell,I was there." The only places I have found it have been Amazon and Ebay but they want anywhere from $97.00 to $160.00!! I was wondering if there was a place I could get the book for a reasonable price, and why is the book so expensive?
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Re: Elmer Keith book?I do
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2012, 04:45:18 PM »
Didn't now it was that high.
I have one and it's a good read.
Think I'll get it out again soon. ;)
 
I have two copies actually.
The first copy had a printing problem.
About a third of the way thru it, it repeats. :o
 
Check your used book shops.
That's where I found both on mine.
About $20 each I memory serves me correctly.
Good luck in your search.
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« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2012, 04:45:52 PM »
Sixguns was another of his books. I got a copy of sixguns to read from the library but they could not find a copy of hell I was there. I loaned my copy to a friend and never got it back. Try a library if you just want to read it. POWDERMAN.  ;D ;D
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Re: Elmer Keith book?I do
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2012, 04:47:13 PM »
That's another great idea PM.
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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2012, 05:20:46 PM »
Ethan, I sold all my Elmer Keith books here on GBO, about a year or so ago, Hell I Was There, Keith on Shotguns, Sixguns etc. I sold them to a GBO member, so you may want to post a WTB ad in the general classified ads.
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« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2012, 05:43:01 PM »
I read it years ago when I was doing Wrangling down in New Mexico.  Found it at the Base Library.
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Re: Elmer Keith book?I do
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2012, 08:33:53 PM »
I got my copy of HIWT and Sixguns here about a year and a half ago. After I read HIWT I loaned it to a teacher at school. She has had it for over a year. On Sunday at the local flea market I found a copy for $3; I don't think the guy knew what it was worth. Today I sold it to the teacher for $20. Tomorrow I'll get back my original copy, I hope. The books are out there. Good luck finding it.
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« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2012, 12:33:40 AM »
  I think Paladin Press has reprints of all of Kieth's books.
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« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2012, 01:06:58 AM »
OK thanks guys, I will go to the library sometime this week then.
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« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2012, 03:35:48 AM »
This happens with out of print classics.
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« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2012, 07:43:14 AM »
You guys just opened up an old wound . Several years ago I loaned a copy to my brother because he was living in the area where Elmer lived a lot of his life. He has since moved a time or two and I have a sneaky suspicion his wife offed it somewhere along the line. The last time I asked him he said he thought he had it around somewhere. I wonder if something like that would be available on those new on-line book devices some people have?
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« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2012, 02:32:33 PM »
I look for those bks every time we go to a goodwill or salvation army store, flea mkts, garage sales, etc, but no luck so far. POWDERMAN.  :o :o
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Re: Elmer Keith book?I do
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2012, 03:07:25 PM »
Safari Press has Keithe's Gun Notes vol I and II
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« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2012, 05:54:01 PM »
Got me to hankering to read it again.  Found it again in the library.  Rog
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Re: Elmer Keith book?I do
« Reply #14 on: March 08, 2012, 06:52:24 AM »
Quote from: Sourdough on March 07, 2012, 05:54:01 PM
Got me to hankering to read it again.  Found it again in the library.  Rog

 
Good deal. A lot of folks overlook the public library, a valuable source for info on almost anything. POWDERMAN.  ;D ;D
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Re: Elmer Keith book?I do
« Reply #15 on: March 13, 2012, 08:37:15 PM »
A copy just sold on eBay for $90 and someone else has a copy for $100. They're going up in price. And someone has one of the Skeeter Skelton books for $135. Too much!!!
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« Reply #16 on: March 14, 2012, 05:01:08 PM »
Quote from: Ethan on March 05, 2012, 01:42:24 PM
I don't know if this is the place to put this but, I was looking for Elmer Keith's book" Hell,I was there." The only places I have found it have been Amazon and Ebay but they want anywhere from $97.00 to $160.00!! I was wondering if there was a place I could get the book for a reasonable price, and why is the book so expensive?

Same reason gasoline is so expensive. Supply vs demand.
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