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Life of James P. Beckwourth First Edition
Life of James P. Beckwourth First Edition
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Author: Bonner, T.D.
Title: The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Harper & Brothers
Date Published: 1856
Description: 537 pp. Wood-engraved illustrations including frontispiece. 19.5x12 cm (7¾x4¾"), original blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.Jim Beckwourth (c.1800-1866) was an American mountain man, fur trader, and explorer. A mulatto born into slavery in Virginia, he was freed by his father (and master) and apprenticed to a blacksmith; later he moved to the American West, where as a fur trapper, he lived with the Crow Nation for years. Bookplate present.
Condition
Spine sunned, minor rubbing to cloth; stains to endpapers, occasional marginal staining; very good.
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