Title: Legends of the West. Author: James Hall Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and ...
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Title: Legends of the West. Author: James Hall Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ SourceLibrary: Huntington Library DocumentID: SABCP01399000 CollectionID: CTRG94-B5206 PublicationDate: 18320101 SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America Notes: "These legends ... are entirely fictitious, but they are founded upon incidents which have been witnessed by the author during his long residence in the western states, or upon traditions preserved by the people."--Pref. Collation: 265 p., [1] leaf of plates: port.; 17 cm
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Good+ No Jacket. 1869, Later Edition, 435 pp. Hardcover, 8vo., green cloth. Good+ copy, no dust jacket. Light wear to corners; spine rubbed, with tearing to cloth at spine ends. Mild foxing throughout; text is unmarked and readable. Pencil signatures on endpapers.
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Good. 8vo 435 pp; Boards and spine are scuffed and worn, some fading on spine, title mostly worn off. Residue from bookplate on front pastedown, previous owner's inscription on front endpage, light foxing throughout. Binding is tight.
