Life and Films of Buck Jones: The Sound Era SC (1991 WOY Publications) comic books

1st printing. By Buck Rainey. Working with Buck Jones' widow and family, Rainey has gathered the most complete biography of Buck Jones and to top it off he has put together a section on the Buck Jones sound films like the popular " Films of" series --- The author has been collecting photos of Jones for years --- Add to the photos on loan from the Jones' family and each volume of this 2-Volume work has lots of photo spread though the text and a special photo scrapbook section. Buck Jones (born as Charles Gebhart, December 4, 1889, Vincennes, Indiana - died November 30, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts) was an American motion picture star of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, best known for his work starring in many popular western movies --- In his early film appearances, he was billed as Charles Jones --- He had more than 160 film credits to his name, in a career that began in 1918. In the 1940s, Jones played Marshall Buck Roberts in a series of movies --- Buck Jones was one of the 492 victims of the 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston, Massachusetts, dying two days after the November 28 blaze --- For years, legend held that Jones' fatal injuries were the result of his going back into the burning building to save victims, but it is now known that he was trapped in the fire --- Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1973. Softcover, 388 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

2nd and later printings. By Buck Rainey. Working with Buck Jones' widow and family, Rainey has gathered the most complete biography of Buck Jones and to top it off he has put together a section on the Buck Jones sound films like the popular " Films of" series --- The author has been collecting photos of Jones for years --- Add to the photos on loan from the Jones' family and each volume of this 2-Volume work has lots of photo spread though the text and a special photo scrapbook section. Buck Jones (born as Charles Gebhart, December 4, 1889, Vincennes, Indiana - died November 30, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts) was an American motion picture star of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, best known for his work starring in many popular western movies --- In his early film appearances, he was billed as Charles Jones --- He had more than 160 film credits to his name, in a career that began in 1918. In the 1940s, Jones played Marshall Buck Roberts in a series of movies --- Buck Jones was one of the 492 victims of the 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston, Massachusetts, dying two days after the November 28 blaze --- For years, legend held that Jones' fatal injuries were the result of his going back into the burning building to save victims, but it is now known that he was trapped in the fire --- Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1973. Softcover, 388 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.