Search Results: manners and customs of several indian by john d hunter

Ross & Haines, Inc.. Good. 1957. Hardcover. Ex-lib, but minimally marked. Primary text block is clean. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-09-12. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-09-12. Paperback. Used:Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

Minnesota. Ross & Haines, Inc. 1957. Hardcover. 8vo, 21.5cm, v,402p., limited edition of 1500 numbered copies, this being #1240, red cloth, gilt spine titles, fine copy. (cdn) A facsimile reprint of the 1823 edition. The experiences of a captive of the Kickapoo and Osage tribes in Kansas and Missouri and travels through the Rocky Mountains. Although originally read with skepticism, later research verified Hunter's account.

Ross & Haines, 1957. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Minneapolis: Ross and Haines, facsimile reprint 1957, . hbk 402pp limited reprint edition No. 763 of 1500 no dj prev ownerÕ s name on inside front board excellent clean tight text

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Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 5x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

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Kessinger Publishing, LLC. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

8vo, period full tree calf, morocco lettering piece. Joints split and hinges are cracked, but boards are still holding, wear to extremities and spine ends, small library bookplate on front pastedown, pencil notes on title, text block a bit darkened, inscription on front endpaper; good to very good. Hunter was taken by the Indians as a small child and left them at the age of nineteen, in the year 1816. While he admits his early memories were often hazy, he does recollect the massacre of his parents, and the murder of a little girl during their journey to the Indian camp. He claims that he eventually became one of ‘the people’, and was comfortable with the Indian way of life. He states that whites adopted by the tribes seemed to prefer Indian culture, even if they had a choice. He goes as far as to say that his leaving the Indians was an exception. A good portion of the text talks about Indian wars, medicine, and customs. He even tries to explain the Indians fear and dislike for whites. "White… Read More

1823. HUNTER, John D. Manners and Customs of Several Indian Tribes Located West of the Mississippi.... Philadelphia, 1823. 402pp. Bound in contemporary full leather, raised spine bands, title in gilt on spine, simple gilt tooling. Contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper, some expected toning throughout, else very good. Howes H-813. Wagner-Camp 24:1. Reese Best of the West 48. Pilling 1918. Sabin 33921. Ayer 141. Graff 2019. American Imprints 12897. Streeter Sale 4237. Vaughan 146. Field 743. 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). The work concludes with a 33-page herbal with several dozen Native American terms for different plants and roots with their English translations or approximations and more importantly, lengthy… Read More