Nine Years Among The Indians 1870-1879. The Story Of The Captivity And Life Of A Texan Among The Indians

HERMAN LEHMANN

Publication: Von Boeckmann-Jones Co, Printers, 1927, Austin

First edition. Edited by J. Marvin Hunter. 8vo. Burgundy cloth, gold stamping on front cover and spine, x, 235 pp., frontis. [portrait], introduction, illustrated. Introductory by J. Marvin Hunter. This book has appeared in five states. The first being done in 1899 by Jonathan H. Jones and is usually referred to as INDIANOLOGY. This is the second version edited by J. Marvin Hunter and published 28 years later, states that Hunter knew Lehmann well for more than thirty-five years; he further acknowledges the Jones version, but states that his version is more nearly "a true recital of facts" which "were related to me by the ex-captive, who, at this date, May 28, 1927, is with me and telling me of his harrowing and hair-raising experiences." Basic Texas Books 124 says, "One of the most remarkable accounts of life among hostile Texas Indians, this is also one of the few surviving accounts of life in 19th century Texas from the Indian point of view." "One of the best and most frequently cited of all Texas captivity stories. Lehman spent nine years with the Comanches, and he describes their life in great detail during the twilight years of their free existence."--Tate, Indians Of Texas. Laid-in is a greeting card with a picture of the J. Frank Dobie house and inscribed in ink "I hope that you'll enjoy Nine Years With The Indians, one of my and my father's favorite books. He met and was intrigued with Herman Lehmann, and J. Marvin Hunter was one of Dad's collector friends. Best wishes, Dudley Dobie." Some offsetting to the front and rear free fly leaves, else fine in the original dust jacket with with small nicks and chips to the extremities.