Sketches Of Early Texas And Louisiana

GAILLARDET, FREDERIC [TRANSLATED WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY JAMES L. SHEPHERD, III]

Publication: University of Texas Press, 1966, Austin & London

First edition. 8vo. Cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, tan front and rear endpapers, xx [2], 169 pp., frontispiece, introduction, illustrated, appendix, bibliography, index. This is a lively report of travels in early nineteenth century Texas and Louisiana and a fascinating account of the discovery, exploration and settlement of those areas is presented in the work of this ebullient young French dramatist and journalist who traveled to Louisiana in 1837 and to Texas in 1839. Fine, bright copy in a price-clipped dust jacket.

Inventory Number: 49503