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 InfoCincinnati [Ohio] : U.P. James, [1847?]
Description[5]-72, [i.e. 65] p., [9] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 26 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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Cover title Sketches of incidents and adventures in the West
Caption title Early history of the West
SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
Local noteScanned 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 noteColonial Era; Early Republic; Antebellum.
Local note2012AH57200.
General notePossibly 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 noteTwo columns to the page.
General noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 34426.

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