James, Edwin; John Tanner
A Narrative of the Captivity and Adventures of John Tanner (U.S. Interpreter at the Sault de Ste. Marie) During Thirty Years Residence Among the Indians in the Interior of North America
Minneapolis MN, Ross & Haines, 1956. Limited edition. Hardcover. pp. xxxiv, 427. 8vo. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Textured endpapers. Line drawings. Edgewear, corners bumped, ink name to front pastedown, light marginalia in pencil, binding sound; very good. Dujstjacket scuffed, with considerable nicking and tearing to edges, now protected with plastic brodart sleeve. Copy No. 458 of 2000. When published in 1830, this memoir was a popular success and considered an important historical record. A contemporary lens casts new light. .
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Keywords: Ojibway; Algonkian; Cree; Turtle Mountain; North American History