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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 254 pages. Lightly toned pages; a sound binding; very good shape. The jacket has some creasing and wear. From the Scottish Rite Research Society. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0871317915. ISBN/EAN: 9780871317919. Inventory No: 231553. …

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red & gilt decorative cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. 2nd printing (#2 in # line). b&w photo frontis. 254p. b&w photos & illustrations. appendix. chapter endnotes. bibliography. index. american history. biography. american civil war. secret societies. military history. ~ Albert Pike was a pioneer, a crusader for justice for Native Americans, a practical joker, a reformer, a journalist, a philosopher, a prominent Washington lawyer, and a Civil War general. Perhaps the main focus of his life was the fraternity of Freemasonry. He was the organizer and, for many years, the leader of the Scottish Rite, one of Masonry's largest organizations. He was also the author of Morals and Dogma, a seminal work for many Freemasons. The book has been the subject of lively and often acrimonious debate from its publication in 1871 up until the present day. Albert Pike: The Man Beyond the Monument is an anecdotal biography of Pike. Much of it is in his own words. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings and photographs, this is a book for everyone interested in the history of America's coming of age in the nineteenth century.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 2nd Edition. (Scottish Rite Research Society) Larger, sturdy book, quality dark rose cloth covers with bright gilt lettering and design to front and spine, 254 pages, many small photographs throughout. DJ glossy purple spine and back and front borders, a color photo portrait of Pike at center front, four gray-tinted photos on front, a color photo of statue to Pike in thin yellow border at top back. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 254pp. Tight copy in mylar-protected dust jacket. Book.

Hardcover. Second printing. 254, [2] p. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Chapter Endnotes. Bibliography. Index. Foreword by Warren D. Lichty. Albert Pike was a pioneer, a crusader for justice for Native Americans, a practical joker, a reformer, a prominent Washington lawyer, a Civil War general, and the organizer and leader of the fraternity of Freemasonry. This anecdotal biography tells Pike's story, much of it in his own words. From Wikipedia: Albert Pike (December 29, 1809 April 2, 1891) was an attorney, Confederate officer, writer, and Freemason. Pike is the only Confederate military officer or figure to be honored with an outdoor statue in Washington, D.C. (in Judiciary Square). When the Mexican-American War started, Pike joined the cavalry and was commissioned as a troop commander, serving in the Battle of Buena Vista. He and his commander, John Selden Roane, had several differences of opinion. This situation led finally to an "inconclusive" duel between Pike and Roane on July 29, 1847 near Fort Smith, Arkansas. Although several shots were fired in the duel, nobody was injured, and the two were persuaded by their seconds to discontinue it. After the war, Pike returned to the practice of law, moving to New Orleans for a time beginning in 1853. He wrote another book, Maxims of the Roman Law and some of the Ancient French Law, as Expounded and Applied in Doctrine and Jurisprudence. [citation needed] Although unpublished, this book increased his reputation among his associates in law. He returned to Arkansas in 1857, gaining some amount of prominence in the legal field and becoming an advocate of slavery, although retaining his affiliation with the Whig party. When that party dissolved, he became a member of the Know-Nothing party. Before the Civil War he was firmly against secession, but when the war started he nevertheless took the side of the Confederacy. At the Southern Commercial Convention of 1854, Pike said the South should remain in the Union and seek equality with the North, but if the South "were forced into an inferior status, she would be better out of the Union than in it." He also made several contacts among the Native American tribes in the area, at one point negotiating an $800, 000 settlement between the Creeks and other tribes and the federal government. This relationship was to influence the course of his Civil War service. At the beginning of the war, Pike was appointed as Confederate envoy to the Native Americans. In this capacity he negotiated several treaties, one of the most important being with Cherokee chief John Ross, which was concluded in 1861. Pike was commissioned as a brigadier general on November 22, 1861, and given a command in the Indian Territory. With Gen. Ben McCulloch, Pike trained three Confederate regiments of Indian cavalry, most of whom belonged to the "civilized tribes", whose loyalty to the Confederacy was variable. Although initially victorious at the Battle of Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern) in March, Pike's unit was defeated later in a counterattack, after falling into disarray. Also, as in the previous war, Pike came into conflict with his superior officers, at one point drafting a letter to Jefferson Davis complaining about his direct superior. After Pea Ridge, Pike was faced with charges that his troops had scalped soldiers in the field. Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman also charged Pike with mishandling of money and material, ordering his arrest. Both these charges were later found to be considerably lacking in evidence; nevertheless Pike, facing arrest, escaped into the hills of Arkansas, sending his resignation from the Confederate Army on July 12. He was at length arrested on November 3 under charges of insubordination and treason, and held briefly in Warren, Texas, but his resignation was accepted on November 11 and he was allowed to return to Arkansas. Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ front flap has small crease. …

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