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The stolen boy : a story, founded on facts / by Mrs. Hofland.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hofland, Mrs. (Barbara), 1770-1844.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indian captivities--Texas--Fiction.
- Comanche Indians--Captivities--Fiction.
- Comanche Indians.
- Indian captivities.
- Texas.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Kelley, Mary Jane (former owner) (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Hills, Ruben (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 154 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm
- Manufacture:
- [New York?] : G.L. Austin, Printers.
- Other Title:
- Stolen boy : an Indian tale
- Place of Publication:
- New-York : W.B. Gilley, 1830.
- Summary:
- An account of a boy's capture by the Comanche Indians in Texas.
- Notes:
- Added engraved title leaf, which reads: The stolen boy an Indian tale. by Mrs. Hofland ... New-York. W.B. Gilley ...
- Originally published in the Juvenile Souvenir for 1828.
- Engraved frontispiece illustration.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- Schimmel Collection copy has contemporary ms. gift inscription ("Mary jane Kelleys Book Presented to her by her master Ruben Hills") in pencil on front free endpaper.
- OCLC:
- 18573249
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