How I Know or Sixteen Years Eventful Experience an Authentic Narrative Embracing A Brief Record of Serious and Severe Service on the Battlefields of the South,.A Detailed Account of Hazardous Enterprises Thrilling Adventures, Narrow Escapes, and Dire Disasters on the Western Frontier and in the Wilds of the West, Life Among the Mormons, the Miners, and the Indians; the Past, the Present, and the Future of the Great West; the Wonderful Grandeur and Beauty of Its Scenery and Its Landscapes, Its Great Mineral and Agricultural Resources, A Glance at the More Important Events in Its History and Development, ETC, ETC.

Swisher, James

Verlag: By Author, Cincinnati Ohio, 1881

Beschreibung

384 pages, frontis, illustrations, small owner label on rear pastedown, owner name, original cloth with gilt lettering, slight edge wear. A difficult item to find in the first edition, many mistakenly list the 1881 printing as the first edition. Mountain Meadows Massacre, ranching, cowboys, Indian Raids, overland travel, Mormons. Has a chapter on Custer , the Hancock Expedition, Washita, Little Big Horn, and the Sitting Bull?s escape into Canada. Howes S1183, Herd 2225, Luther mention, Merrill Aristocrat, Graff 4051, Swisher crossed the Plains to Utah and then went on to California. On a later crossing his party was ambushed by Navajo Indians in New Mexico. Mintz 609, Ambushed by Indians in New Mexico, only Swisher and four other members of the party escaped, the rest being killed.?The first printing has 1880 on the title page, incorrectly described by many as 1881 being the first. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 021427

Bibliografische Details

Titel: How I Know or Sixteen Years Eventful ...

Verlag: By Author, Cincinnati Ohio

Erscheinungsdatum: 1881

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good+