Martyrs of The Oblong and Little Nine
por Smith, DeCost
- Usado
- Muito Bom
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Muito Bom/Very Good
- Livreiro
-
Martinsville, Virginia, United States
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Sobre este item
Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1948. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Stated FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, LIMITED EDITION #176 OF 1000 COPIES! Deckle page edges. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 325 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "Converted to Christianity by the Moravian Brethren's staunch missionaries, the remnants of the once warlike Mohican tribe of Indians put away pagan practices. Under the supervision of their teachers, they built chapels in their neat villages where they sang hymns together. But they were not allowed to live in peace and prosperity. This linking of the savage with the white man in brotherly love caused unusual manifestations of greed and jealousy. Those who lived on their hospitable bounty robbed them, and their refusal to make war, and their policy of maintaining absolute neutrality in the midst of the British and American border warfare made them the pawn of schemers, frontiersmen, and other Indian tribes......
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- Livreiro
- Conover Books
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 051539
- Título
- Martyrs of The Oblong and Little Nine
- Autor
- Smith, DeCost
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Muito Bom
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Very Good
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Editorial
- The Caxton Printers, Ltd.
- Local de publicação
- Caldwell, ID
- Data de publicação
- 1948
- Páginas
- 325
- Dimensão
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Palavras-chave
- HISTORY MOHICAN INDIANS INDIAN TRIBES TRIBAL RITES INDIGENOUS PEOPLE NATIVE AMERICANS AMERICAN STUDIES ANTHROPOLOGY SOCIOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGY GENEAOLOGY GOVERNMENT POLITICS MASSACRE STARVATION MUSKINGUM WECHQUADNACH MORAVIANS MAHICANDER
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