Shem Ham & Japheth The Papers of W. O. Tuggle Comprising His Indian Diary Sketches & Observations Myths & Washington Journal.

Current-Garcia, Eugene (edited by) with Dorothy B. Hatfield

Published by University of Georgia Press, Charlotte, NC, 1973

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This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light spots of ground-in dirt and rubbing. There is a rectangular spot of glue residue where a previous price tag was removed. Laid in is a folded map of the Creek Nation and Its Towns in the Oklahoma Territory of the late 1800's. "William Orrie Tuggle was born September 25,1841 in Henry County, Georgia near McDonough. He enlisted in the Confederate Army at LaGrange in Company B of the Georgia 4th Infantry Regiment on April 16, 1861. He was discharged on July 9, 1862 and joined General Morgan's Brigade. The year the War ended he passed the bar and married Margaret Antoinette Cox. He practiced law inLaGrange, Georgia and became active in politics, advocating both Georgia and Indian claims against the federal government, as well as becoming a pioneer folklorist. In the 1880s he went to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) and recorded the myths, traditions and ceremonies of the Creeks and Yuchi, former inhabitants of the Chattahoochee Valley. He died February 3, 1885 at Thomasville, Georgia and is buried in LaGrange." (Columbus State University Archives). Seller Inventory # A42264

Bibliographic Details

Title: Shem Ham & Japheth The Papers of W. O. ...

Publisher: University of Georgia Press, Charlotte, NC

Publication Date: 1973

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing.