Incidents and sketches connected with the early history and settlement of the West.
| Other author | Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820. |
| Other author | Peck, John Mason, 1789-1858. |
| Other author | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cincinnati [Ohio] : U.P. James, [1847?] |
| Description | [5]-72, [i.e. 65] p., [9] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 26 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Cover title | Sketches of incidents and adventures in the West |
| Caption title | Early history of the West |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. |
| Local note | Scanned copy imperfect: pagination skips from 22 to 25, from 26 to 29, from 30 to 33, from 50 to 53, from 62 to 65, from 66 to 71. |
| Local note | Colonial Era; Early Republic; Antebellum. |
| Local note | 2012AH57200. |
| General note | Possibly a reprint of an issue which included plates with blank versos in the numbering. |
| General note | "A collection from newspapers, and other equally authentic sources, of fragments of narratives of border life and Indian warfare. Worthless for historical purposes."--Sabin. Bibl. amer., no. 34426. |
| General note | "Adventures of Captain Daniel Boon," p. 10; "Valley of the Mississippi," by J.M. Peck, p. 14; "The Last of the Indian Fighters," [biography of Simon Kenton], p. 35; "An Historical Sketch of the Early American Settlements in Illinois," by J.M. Peck, p. 38; "The Prairie," by J.J. Audubon, p. 44; "Adventures of Col. James Smith," p. 49; "Sailing Down the Ohio," by Audubon, p. 61. |
| General note | Two columns to the page. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society. |
| General note | Sabin no. 34426. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |