The Black Panther; or, A Boy's Adventures among the Redskins
Boston: Published by T.O.H.P. Burnham, 1864. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [2], 3-285, [1], [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Brown publisher's cloth with gold lettering and gold tooling on the spine. Coated yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Wraxall's novel portrays a family who decides to leave their English farm and sail to the United States, where they eventually head West to start new lives. Along the way they travel with a Black man (Daniel) and engage in hostilites with a few Indigenous Americans. However, Walter (the main character) and Daniel eventually befriend members of the Delaware Tribe and Daniel earns the nickname "Black Panther" from his friends in the tribe. A unique milieu of adventure, conflict, and companionship among people from different walks of life. Near Fine. Item #000012499
An 1866 Christmas gift inscription on the free front endpaper.
Price: $300.00