The Modocs And Their War.

KEITH A. MURRAY

Publication: University of Oklahoma Press, 1959, Norman

First edition, second printing. Dykes FIFTY GREAT WESTERN ILLUSTRATORS Beeler 57 says, "A freight terminal fire destroyed all except 36 copies of the first edition, 29 of the 36 were distributed to libraries of colleges, museums and other institutions selected by lottery from the continuation order file at the Press." 8vo. Yellow cloth, xiii [1], 346 pp., foreword, illustrated, map, appendices, bibliography, index. Along the shores of Tule Lake in northern California, three small bands of Modoc Indians joined forces in the fall and winter of 1872-73 to hold off more than one thousand U.S. soldiers and settlers trying to dislodge them from their ancient refuge in the lava beds. Fine copy.

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