George Mason, the young backwoodsman; or 'don't give up the ship.' A story of the Mississippi
Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1829. 12mo, pp. 167, [1]; original boards rebacked in black cloth, new paper label on spine, text untrimmed; contemporary owner's signatures on title page and lower board; occasional spotting, good and sound. "Timothy Flint was a failed missionary who became a successful man of letters but wrote too much. Nevertheless, he deserves to be remembered for his descriptions of the West, which he observed carefully and for which he predicted greatness. His Daniel Boone has sparkling passages. Flint was an early western social historian and a literary pioneer who helped reveal the possibilities of the West as a subject for fiction" (ANB). His George Mason was written for juvenile audience, and draws mostly from Flint's own life. BAL 6118; Wright I, 961. Item #69928
Price: $120.00
