Sketches of Western Adventure: Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Incidents Connected with the Settlement of the West from 1755 to 1794: with an Appendix.
Dayton, Ohio: L.F. Claflin & Co., 1854. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Item #2347077
1854 revised and corrected Dayton edition (Howes M-46. Sabin 43053). Backstrip loose, corners rubbed with some loss from spine ends, front matter foxed, rear endpaper lightly foxed.
viii, 9-315 pp. Engraved frontispiece, two engraved plates. An early work on settlements in Kentucky, pioneer life, Native Americans, etc. Includes chapters on: Colonel James Smith; Daniel Boone; General Simon Kenton; General Benjamin Logan; Colonel William Crawford; John Slover; Captain Robert Benham; Alexander McConnel; Robert and Samuel McAfee; Bryant and Hogan; McKinley; David Morgan; Adam Poe; Mrs. Woods; Davis, Caffree and McClure; Captain James Ward; Francis Downing; The Widow Scaggs; Incidents attending the desertion of a young white man from a party of Indians; Adventures of John Merril; Ward, Calvin and Kenton; Ward, Baker and Kenton; May, Johnston, Flinn and Skyles; Captain William Hubbell; War in the North West; Harmer's Expedition; Adventures of Jackson Johonnet; Expedition of General Arthur St. Clair; Adventures of William Kennan; Expedition of Wayne; Mission of Miller; Battle of the 'Fallen Timber'; Adventure of the two young Johnsons; Appendix.
Price: $250.00