1843 INDIANS 1ed History of Backwoods Ohio Shawnee French Indian War Frontier

1843 INDIANS 1^ed History of Backwoods Ohio Shawnee French Indian War Frontier

“One of the best compilations of frontier narratives!” (Howes)

A.W. Patterson’s “History of the Backwoods” is a rare, 19^th-century account of frontier life in the American west. This book covers some of the earliest settlements in Western Pennsylvania and Ohio. Though, perhaps the best resource this book offers is the numerous accounts of interactions with Native American Indian tribes – tribes including the Massawomees, the Allegawe, Delawares, and Shawnees. Patterson also covers major battles in the French and Indian War.

Thomson says of this work:

“a rare book of Western History…a perfectly reliable narrative of events in the West arranged chronologically from the earliest discoveries of the French to Wayne’s victory.”

Item number: #17854

Price: $950

PATTERSON, A.W.

History of the backwoods, or, The region of the Ohio : authentic, from the earliest accounts, embracing many events, notices of prominent pioneers, sketches of early settlements

Pittsburgh: published by the author [A.W. Patterson], 1843. First Edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • x, 311, [1]
  • Folding frontispiece map
• References: Howes P 118b; Sabin 59132; Field 1168; Graff 3209; Thomson 911
• Provenance: Handwritten – David J. Dunlap, 1853
  • Possibly David Dunlap, a private in Company I of the 193 Pennsylvania Infantry (Union) during the Civil War.
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
  • Cloth
• Size: ~8.75in X 5.5in (22cm x 14cm)
• Very rare, valuable, and desirable with auction records and price comparisons at over $2,000

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