Published by Rand McNally, Chicago, 1912
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. four plates (illustrator). First edition. 12mo, 137 pages, variant green cloth with black titleing and no cover illustration, tear at top edge of title-page repaired with cellophane tape. Helm was one of two officers who survived the tragedy of 1812. This, his account, was lost for nearly a century. Mrs. Helm, who was taken captive by the Indians, was the aunt of the editor, Nellie Kinzie Gordon. This work also relates how John Kinzie, who was the Indian Trader at Chicago, killed a jealous French trader who tried to murder Kinzie: the final chapter describes how Eleanor Lytle (later Mrs. John Kinzie) was taken captive by the Seneca tribe Illustrated with four plates. [ Jewel A6].
Published by Rand McNally, Chicago, IL, 1912
Seller: Gibson's Books, New Hope, AL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Spine faded; B&W Illustrations; 137 pages.