WATTS Arthur P.-Livre Rare Book
Watson, Henry CBiblio.com
Six Nights in a Block-House; or Sketches of Border Life: Embracing adventures among the Indians feats of the wild hunters and exploits of Boone Brady Kenton Whetzel Fleehart and other border heroes of the West
réf. 020344Philadelphia: John E. Potter and Company. Cloth. Good. no date perhaps 1870s 1880s. While an 1851 date is given on the copyright page that is from the original printing of this. Based on the address it is prior to 1888. Illustrated cloth. 448 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A somewhat fictionalized somewhat historically accurate account of life at the border of what was the United States prior to 1850 recalling anecdotes of Tecumseh Simon Kenton Moses Hewitt Daniel Boone the massacre a Big Bottom the massacre of the Moravian Indians etc. GOOD condition. Minor fading and toning to the covers mostly the spine. Cloth a bit frayed and scuffed along the extremities and hinges. Minor scuffing. Interior hinges cracked but holding. Old tape stains on the endpapers. Gift inscription present. Text block toned. John E. Potter and Company unknown
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