William Joseph Snelling's Tales of the Northwest - Hardcover

Snellling, William Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0880290641 ISBN 13: 9780880290647

Publisher: Dorset Press, 1985

Synopsis

This reissue of an extremely rare collection, first published anonymously in Boston in 1830, rescues from undeserved oblivion, a story-teller rivaling James Fenimore Cooper. William Joseph Snelling (1803-48), son of Colonel Josiah Snelling, for whom Fort Snelling was named, spent seven years of the 1820's among the Indians in the territory now occupied by Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. As an outgrowth of his experience, he wrote Tales of the Northwest, subtitled "Tales of Indian Life and Character by a Resident beyond the Frontier". This was the first work of fiction to deal with the Northwest and one of the earliest short story collections published in America. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 8.1 x 5.4 x 1.3 inches. 252 pages. Photos available on request. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN/EAN: 9780880290647. Inventory No: 4918.

About this title

About the Author:

John T. Flanagan was assistant professor of English at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of James Hall, Literary Pioneer of the Ohio Valley, published in 1941 by the University of Minnesota Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dorset Press
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0880290641
• ISBN 13: 9780880290647
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1