MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF SEVERAL INDIAN TRIBES LOCATED WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI....
Hunter, John D.:
Philadelphia. 1823. 402pp. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, raised bands. A clean, fresh copy. Very good, untrimmed. Hunter's narrative of his captivity among the Osage Indians in Kansas, and of his journey across the mountains along the Columbia River. For many years this work was attacked as fraudulent; however, Richard Drinnon makes a case for its authenticity in his WHITE SAVAGE, THE CASE OF JOHN DUNN HUNTER (1972). WAGNER-CAMP 24:1. HOWES H813. PILLING, PROOF-SHEETS 1918. SABIN 33921. AYER 141. GRAFF 2019. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 12897. STREETER SALE 4237. VAUGHAN 146. FIELD 743.
(Item ID: WRCAM781) $750.00