DARING AND HEROIC DEEDS OF AMERICAN WOMEN,; Comprising thrilling examples of courage, fortitude, devotedness, and self-sacrifice, among the pioneer mothers of the Western Country
1860 · Philadelphia
by FROST, John
Philadelphia: Evans, 1860. 8vo, pp. vi, 7-348. Catalog. Illustrated. Brown cloth. Some foxing, and offsetting from illustrations; cover little worn at edges, o/w a VG copy. This seems to be a reprint of Frost's "Heroic Women of the West" (Philadelphia:1854) [Howes F-394: which mentions an 1869 reprint but not this one.). This was published in Boston the prior year under a slightly different title. Includes several American Indian captivity and atrocity stories. Includes the story of the Tenessee captivity of Jane Brown and family in 1788. (Inventory #: 51586)