Author: JAMES, Thomas
Title: Three Years Among the Indians and Mexicans
Description: Chicago, The Lakeside Press, 1953. Hardcover. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. 16mo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration. xxxvi, 297pp. Top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrations. Fine. Tight, bright copy of the 51st title in R.R. Donnelley & Sons annual "Lakeside Classics" series of historical reprints. The rare first edition of this account was first published in Illinois in 1846. Writes Howes, "One of the earliest narratives of the fur-trade; covering experiences on the upper Missouri, in 1809, and an expedition to Santa Fe, in 1821.." HOWES J 49 note. .

Keywords: Native American Western Americana


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