MANITOU
first edition
1881 · Indianapolis
by [BATES], Margret Holmes
Indianapolis: Carlon & Hollenbeck, 1881. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 222, Bound in brown cloth printed in gilt and stamped in blind, all edges red. Hinges little tender, a very good copy. The author first book. Wright III, 403. Bates was born in 1844 and lived in Indianapolis. Her first novel, "Manitou" (1881), was written at the urgent request of her son. It embodies a legend connected with the beautiful little lake of that name in northern Indiana, in the vicinity of which Mrs. Bates lived for several years before her marriage. (Inventory #: 55835)