History of the Spirit Lake Massacre and Captivity of Miss Abbie Gardner
Spirit Lake, IA: Dickinson County Historical Society and Museum, 1990. Very Good +. Item #46560
Spirit Lake, IA: Dickinson County Historical Society and Museum, 1990. Twelfth Edition. Octavo (20.3cm); publishers faux leather boards with gilt lettering and decoration; [4],iv,352pp; illus. Boards are clean and square with light rubbing at corners and spine ends. Binding sound and pages unmarked.
Facsimile of the 1885 Mills & co. First Edition of Gardner-Sharp's captivity memoir of the last Native American attack on Iowan settlers, which was seen as a precursor of the 1862 Sioux uprising in Minnesota.
For the first edition see Sabin 32214; Howes L-210.
Price: $50.00