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Soft cover. Condizione: Good. No place, no date [Pine Knob Outdoor Theater, Caneyville, KY, 1987], 120pp, two full-page illustrations, one of the outdoor theater, one of the cast, stiff printed wraps, very clean and bright overall, signed by author in ink at front fly, with address and phone number. Apparently a retelling of the story of Dock Brown, in conjunction with the two-act play, Dock Brown, Kentucky Outlaw, that was performed at Pine Knob, Grayson County, KY. The story is based heavily on the rare 1876 original title, Dock Brown, The Grayson County Outlaw, by Haynes. In 1842 Gillium Hopper, Jr., alias Dock Brown, arrived at Pine Knob, Grayson County, Kentucky, along with his brother Pinkney and his father Gillium Hopper, Sr., aka John Brown. Another brother, Moses, joined them from Indiana. For the next nine years, these fugitive criminals continued their murderous ways. Dock Brown married Emily Ross, in the process killing her brother and eventually killing his own father to cover up the crime. The Browns robbed travelers, murdering them and depositing their bodies in nearby Big Mouth Cave. In the end, the remaining brothers killed each other and the Kentucky saga came to a violent end. Signed by Author(s). …