GARRARD, Lewis H. (1829-1887). Wah-To-Yah, and the Taos Trail; or Prairie Travel and Scalp Dances, with a Look at Los Rancheros from Muleback and the Rocky Mountain Campfire . Cincinnati: H.W. Derby & Co.; New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1850.
GARRARD, Lewis H. (1829-1887). Wah-To-Yah, and the Taos Trail; or Prairie Travel and Scalp Dances, with a Look at Los Rancheros from Muleback and the Rocky Mountain Campfire . Cincinnati: H.W. Derby & Co.; New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1850. 8 o (184 x 126 mm). (Some intermittent pale spotting.) Original green blindstamped cloth, gilt-lettered on spine (lightly chipped at ends of spine). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO THE AUTHOR'S BROTHER, INSCRIBED BY GARRARD ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: "To Kenner Garrard from his brother The Author." Garrard left Westport in 1846 in a Santa Fe wagon train led by Colonel Ceran St. Vrain and returned to St. Louis in the summer of 1847. His account describes the Taos Massacre and the subsequent trials of prisoners. During his travels, Garrard met several well-known figures, notably Jim Beckworth, Kit Carson and George Ruxton. A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY: Kenner Garrard, the author's brother, led the 146th N.Y. Regiment on Little Round Top and then Sherman's 2nd Cavalry Division at Atlanta. Graff 1513; Howes G-70; Rader 1538; Rittenhouse 236; Sabin 26687; Streeter I:170; Tutorow 3428; Wagner-Camp-Becker 182.
GARRARD, Lewis H. (1829-1887). Wah-To-Yah, and the Taos Trail; or Prairie Travel and Scalp Dances, with a Look at Los Rancheros from Muleback and the Rocky Mountain Campfire . Cincinnati: H.W. Derby & Co.; New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1850.
GARRARD, Lewis H. (1829-1887). Wah-To-Yah, and the Taos Trail; or Prairie Travel and Scalp Dances, with a Look at Los Rancheros from Muleback and the Rocky Mountain Campfire . Cincinnati: H.W. Derby & Co.; New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1850. 8 o (184 x 126 mm). (Some intermittent pale spotting.) Original green blindstamped cloth, gilt-lettered on spine (lightly chipped at ends of spine). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO THE AUTHOR'S BROTHER, INSCRIBED BY GARRARD ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: "To Kenner Garrard from his brother The Author." Garrard left Westport in 1846 in a Santa Fe wagon train led by Colonel Ceran St. Vrain and returned to St. Louis in the summer of 1847. His account describes the Taos Massacre and the subsequent trials of prisoners. During his travels, Garrard met several well-known figures, notably Jim Beckworth, Kit Carson and George Ruxton. A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY: Kenner Garrard, the author's brother, led the 146th N.Y. Regiment on Little Round Top and then Sherman's 2nd Cavalry Division at Atlanta. Graff 1513; Howes G-70; Rader 1538; Rittenhouse 236; Sabin 26687; Streeter I:170; Tutorow 3428; Wagner-Camp-Becker 182.
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