KENDALL OF THE PICAYUNE.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1943. "Being His Adventures in New Orleans, on the Texas Santa Fe Expedition, in the Mexican War, and in the Colonization of the Texas Frontier". The story of George Wilkins Kendall, who founded the New Orleans Picayune in 1837. He wrote editorials championing the infant Republic of Texas, was a member of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition which tried to occupy New Mexico, was captured in Santa Fe and sent off to Mexico. He later became the first modern war correspondent during the Mexican War. Nine full-page illustrations, including two maps.351pp.. First Edition.. Brown Cloth. Almost No Wear./Minor Soiling, Chipping. Octavo.