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[AMERICANA] WINTHROP, THOMAS. The Canoe and the Saddle: Adventures Among the Northwestern Rivers and Forests; and Isthmiana.
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1863. First edition. Publisher's blind-stamped pebbled green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. 7 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches (18 x 11 cm); [2], 375 pp., 16 pp. ads. Small split to head of front joint, generally a bright copy else.
"Winthrop was probably better fitted to portray the west than any other Eastern man who attempted to describe it. As a story of travel among the forests and mountains of the Northwest, it was the first of a long line of books that turned the eyes of the country westward. It presents a truthful contemporary picture of the Indian and pioneer period. Included is a vocabulary of the Chinook Jargon, and numerous sketches of Indians and Indian life, etc." [George H. Tweney]. Graff 4715; Howes W584; Smith 11130; Washington 89, 86.
C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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