Howard john kinsey (1 risultati)

hardcover. no DJ. first edition. 8vo 601pp. from "John Kinsey Howard" essay introduction: ".This is the first book in English that describes the origin of the Metis, that unique people of mixed white and red blood, and there is only one work in French that describes it. It is the first book that traces in any detail the development of the great annual buffalo hunt which was the center of Metis life or that deals more than perfunctorily wit the fascinating lore of the Red River cart. And it is the first book that has ever told for American readers the story of the two Metis rebellions that were so dramatic a menace to Canadian union and lighted such a strange hope of American expansion in Canadian territory." #01989. Book G: paint streaks and spotting to boards and spine, age wear, spine faded, toning and foxing to endpapers, text clean, binding intact, sturdy reading copy.…