Author: James, General Thomas
Title: Three Years Among the Indians and Mexicans; Edited by Milo Milton Quaife
Description: Chicago, The Lakeside Press, 1953. First Edition, thus. Hardcover. 16mo; pp; xxxvi, 297, including an index and followed by a list of the previously issued Lakeside Classics; illustrated with a frontispiece & five additional plates including two maps; dark blue cloth covered boards, spine lettered in gilt with a gilt top edge. One of the earliest narratives of the fur trade. It covers the author's experiences on the upper Missouri in 1809, and an expedition to Santa Fé in 1821, one of the earliest trips over the Santa Fé Trail. The 1846 first edition was written from James' dictation by Nathan Niles, who, resenting local newspaper criticism, destroyed nearly all copies (Howes). Very good .
Keywords: Militaria Native Americans
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Title: Three Years Among the Indians and Mexicans; Edited by Milo Milton Quaife
Description: Chicago, The Lakeside Press, 1953. First Edition, thus. Hardcover. 16mo; pp; xxxvi, 297, including an index and followed by a list of the previously issued Lakeside Classics; illustrated with a frontispiece & five additional plates including two maps; dark blue cloth covered boards, spine lettered in gilt with a gilt top edge. One of the earliest narratives of the fur trade. It covers the author's experiences on the upper Missouri in 1809, and an expedition to Santa Fé in 1821, one of the earliest trips over the Santa Fé Trail. The 1846 first edition was written from James' dictation by Nathan Niles, who, resenting local newspaper criticism, destroyed nearly all copies (Howes). Very good .
Keywords: Militaria Native Americans
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: Austin's Antiquarian Books
- Book number: 19179
- Book number: 19179
See more books from our catalog: Western Americana