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.
Language: English
Published by L.F. Claflin & Co., 1854
- Hardcover
- Used





Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
AbeBooks seller since July 2, 2003
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 256.99
Quantity: 1 available
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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.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- 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.
- Author
- M'Clung, John A. [McClung]
- Publisher
- L.F. Claflin & Co.
- Publication year
- 1854
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- Revised Edition.
- Item weight
- 15 ounces
Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
Webster, NY, U.S.A.
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We buy, sell and trade used, rare, collectible, and unusual books and paper. We operate a storefront in our home town of Webster, NY which is open six days a week -- see our website for store hours.
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Yesterday's Muse, Inc.
32 W Main St Ste 1
Webster, NY U.S.A. 14580
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Yesterday's Muse, Inc.
32 W Main St Ste 1
Webster, NY 14580
585-265-9295
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President and Sole Owner, Yesterday's Muse Books
FEIN: 26-2328466
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