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Mémoires de John Tanner, ou, Trente années dans les déserts de l'Amérique du Nord : traduits sur l'édition originale, publiée à New-York ; par M. Ernest de Blosseville

Catalog Data

Author:
Tanner, John 1780?-1847  Search this
Blosseville, Ernest Poret vicomte de 1799-1886  Search this
Former owner:
Rau, Charles 1826-1887 DSI  Search this
Subject:
Tanner, John 1780?-1847  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1835
Notes:
"Imprimerie de Madame Huzard (née Vallat La Chapelle)"--Verso of half title.
Portions of the original have been omitted in this translation including the Indian vocabularies.
John Tanner when a child was stolen from his home in Kentucky and lived many years among the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians in Manitoba and other parts of the Northwest.
Also issued online.
SCNHRB copy (39088016458382, 39088016458424) blind-embossed on t.p.s: Smithsonian Institution National Museum.
SCNHRB copy has bookplate: U.S. National Museum The Rau Library of Archaeology no. 470 / 136175.
SCNHRB copy half bound in sheepskin and stone pattern marbled boards, title in gilt on spine; housed in brown buckram portfolios.
Topic:
Indian captivities  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
E87.T16 A313 1835
E87.T135X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_300301