"Nine Mile Swamp: A Story Of The Loomis Gang" 1941 DANIELS, Harriet McDougal

"Nine Mile Swamp: A Story Of The Loomis Gang" 1941 DANIELS, Harriet McDougalDANIELS, Harriet McDougal [412] pp. The Penn Publishing Company 1941 First Edition 8 3 8" x 5 7 8" Jacket design by Carl Becker VG VG "Nine Mile Swamp" was their headquarters a weird and beautiful spot, blooming with lady slippers, an impenetrable hiding place for men and horses. Here "Wash" Loomis raised his family, with an eye to their usefulness in counterfeiting and conducting adroit deals in horseflesh until "The Loomis Gang" became a phrase to

DANIELS, Harriet McDougal

[412] pp.

The Penn Publishing Company

1941

First Edition

8 3/8" x 5 7/8"

Jacket design by Carl Becker

VG/ VG

"Nine Mile Swamp" was their headquarters - a weird and beautiful spot, blooming with lady-slippers, an impenetrable hiding place for men and horses. Here "Wash" Loomis raised his family, with an eye to their usefulness in counterfeiting and conducting adroit deals in horseflesh - until "The Loomis Gang" became a phrase to stile terror and angry resentment into those who knew their secret and felt their power. There were unforgettable figures among the Loomises - Wash himself, leader of men, who could outdrink any man in New York State; Rhoda, his mother, iron-souled matriarch of the clan; young Plum, whose soul was fiercely torn between his loyalty to Wash and his desperate desire to live decently among decent men. The reader will not forget them, their lawless depredations, or their tragic end.