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Frontier life; or, Scenes and adventures in the South West / by Francis Hardman.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC8 Se157 852s 1853
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sealsfield, Charles, 1793-1864.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frontier and pioneer life--Southwest, Old.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Genre:
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- 376 pages : frontispiece ; 20 cm
- Other Title:
- Scenes and adventures in the South West
- Frontier life in the South West
- Place of Publication:
- Buffalo : Derby, Orton & Mulligan; Auburn : Derby and Miller, 1853.
- Contents:
- Adventures in Louisiana
- Adventures in Texas
- Two nights in southern Mexico
- A sketch in the tropics
- A tale of the Mexican War
- The Texan Ranger's best shot.
- Notes:
- Publisher's advertisements (4 p.) inserted between front pastedown and free endpaper.
- "The following 'Scenes and Adventures' are based upon upon the German works of Charles Sealsfield ... I have here condensed and thrown together some of their most striking and interesting passages; using much compression, aiming at rendering the spirit rather than the letter ..."--Preface.
- OCLC:
- 5061639
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