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A Texan in Search of a Fight

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Author: West, John C.
Title: A Texan In Search of a Fight. Being the Diary and Letters of a Private Soldier in Hood's Texas Brigade.
Place Published: Waco, Texas
Publisher:Press of J.S. Hill
Date Published: 1901
Description: 189 pp. (8vo) 19.1x12.2 cm (7½x4¾"), original printed wrappers. First Edition.West moved to Waco, Texas in 1855. During the Civil War he served as a Confederate attorney later joining Hood's Brigade and being honorably discharged in 1864. Howes W278.

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Edges worn, old crease to front cover; very good.

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A Texan in Search of a Fight

Name: A Texan in Search of a Fight
SKU: 163366375
Price: 150 USD
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