Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak; Or, Black Hawk, and Scenes in the West. a National Poem: in Six Cantos
by Smith, Elbert H. By a Western Tourist
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About This Item
New York: Published by the Author, 1849. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, 299 pages, original embossed black cloth, extra-gilt spine, tips of spine worn, tight, minor foxing.
'Embracing an account of the life and exploits of this celebrated chieftain; the Black Hawk war; a legend of the Illinois Tribe of Indians, showing the manner in which they became extinct; a succinct description of the Wisconsin and Lake Superior Countries, and their rich minerals; the Massacre of Chicago, and other deeply interesting scenes in The West.' - Sabin 82462. Lathrop Harper noted it was the first work of verse by a Wisconsin writer. [Brinley 6896 Field 1001]. Handsome chromolithographed frontispiece portrait of Black Hawk, and of Gen. Zachary Taylor (not included in the 1848 edition). "This comprehensive treatise portrays things as they were in the early settlement of Wisconsin and Northern Illinois, when civilization first dawned upon the beautiful forests and prairies, and the cultivation of the beautiful soil commenced...." - Preface. Smith was a Milwaukee school teacher, and an historian of the Black Hawk War. He became a celebrity poet and moved to New York City after this poem became a nationwide bestseller.
'Embracing an account of the life and exploits of this celebrated chieftain; the Black Hawk war; a legend of the Illinois Tribe of Indians, showing the manner in which they became extinct; a succinct description of the Wisconsin and Lake Superior Countries, and their rich minerals; the Massacre of Chicago, and other deeply interesting scenes in The West.' - Sabin 82462. Lathrop Harper noted it was the first work of verse by a Wisconsin writer. [Brinley 6896 Field 1001]. Handsome chromolithographed frontispiece portrait of Black Hawk, and of Gen. Zachary Taylor (not included in the 1848 edition). "This comprehensive treatise portrays things as they were in the early settlement of Wisconsin and Northern Illinois, when civilization first dawned upon the beautiful forests and prairies, and the cultivation of the beautiful soil commenced...." - Preface. Smith was a Milwaukee school teacher, and an historian of the Black Hawk War. He became a celebrity poet and moved to New York City after this poem became a nationwide bestseller.
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- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2020415
- Title
- Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak; Or, Black Hawk, and Scenes in the West. a National Poem: in Six Cantos
- Author
- Smith, Elbert H. By a Western Tourist
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Published by the Author
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1849
- Keywords
- Black Hawk, Massacre at Chicago, Mormons, native americans, fort dearborn massacre, battle of fort dearborn lithograph chromolithograph wisconsin illinois zachary taylor
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Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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