Item #25136 Tahan: Out of Savagery into Civilization. Joseph K. Griffis.
Tahan: Out of Savagery into Civilization

Tahan: Out of Savagery into Civilization

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1915. Very Good +. Item #25136

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1915. Presumed later printing lacking publisher's logo to title or copyright page. Octavo. 263 pp. Black and white photographs including frontispiece, complete. Red-orange cloth stamped in yellow and blue. No dust jacket. Light wear to edges with some very mild scuffing. Binding is sound. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper and pages otherwise unmarked.

In this memoir Griffis claims he grew up as a Kiowa warrior and later became an army scout. Though Griffis' myriad adventures are difficult to prove, historian Arthur C. Parker does vouch for their authenticity in the introduction.

Price: $75.00