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A thrilling narrative of the horrible sufferings & miraculous escape of Samuel Brown : resident of Harrison Co., O., who was thrown from his horse on the prairie, in the State of Iowa, December 17th, A.D. 1850, being four days & four nights exposed to the inclemency of the severest freezing weather that had been felt in that country for many years, having one of his legs broken, and both frozen, and being without food or shelter, surrounded by wolves both night and day : containing also an account of the horrible manner in which one of his legs was amputated by two Iowa surgeons / written by himself ; arranged, revised and corrected by James F. McGaw.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Brown, Samuel, 1828- author.
M'Gaw, James F. (James Franklin), 1823-1872, author.
Contributor:
Newberry Library, owner.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Brown, Samuel, 1828-.
Brown, Samuel.
Accident victims--Iowa--Biography.
Accident victims.
Accident victims--Iowa--Medical care.
Amputees--Iowa--Biography.
Amputees.
Equestrian accidents--Iowa.
Equestrian accidents.
Iowa--Biography.
Iowa.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (63 pages)
Other Title:
Horrible sufferings of Samuel Brown
Thrilling narrative of the horrible sufferings and miraculous escape of Samuel Brown, resident of Harrison Co., O
Place of Publication:
Uhrichsville, Ohio : James Iler, Printer, 1852.
Notes:
AMDigital Reference: Graff 432
Collection: Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana

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