The romance of Indian history, or, Thrilling incidents in the early settlement of America. Redfield's toy books. Fourth series ; no. 12
Bibliographic Citation:
The romance of Indian history, or, Thrilling incidents in the early settlement of America. New York : Kiggins & Kellogg, 123 & 125 William Street, [between 1856 and 1866?]
Alternative Title:
Thrilling incidents in the early settlement of America
Adam Poe and Bigfoot.
Publisher:
Kiggins & Kellogg, 123 & 125 William Street, [between 1856 and 1866?]
Notes:
  • Kiggins & Kellogg was located at 123 & 125 William St., New York, between 1856 and 1866. (New York city directories list the firm at 128 William St. between 1857 and 1859).
  • "Redfield's toy books, beautifully illustrated from designs by Chapman [i.e. John Gadsby Chapman] ... Fourth series"--Series title and numbered list: p. [4] of wrapper.
  • Publisher's advertisements: p. [2-3] of wrapper.
  • First sentence: "My young readers, if they have studied the early history of their country, may have read of the famous expedition undertaken, in 1696, by the governor-general of New France (as the French settlement on our shores was then called), against the confederated Five Nations of New York; an expedition which, though it carried with it all the pomp and circumstance of European warfare into their wild-wood haunts, was attended with no adequate results, and had but a momentary effect in quelling the spirit of the tameless Indian."
  • Includes 9 woodcuts.
  • Contents: Kiodago and his Christian wife -- Adam Poe and Bigfoot.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections:black & white frontispiece; title-page vignette; 2 cuts - one by Howland; 4 full-page black & white illustrations. Blue pictorial wrappers by Wallin. I. mackenzie. Montreal, May/65. $7.50. Given to McGill 2001.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 15 x 10 cm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Travel and Adventure
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Sponsor:
The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.
Copyright:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7472
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_K5_R6_1856