[Rarebooks] FS: Stevens' "The Black Hawk War." Illustrated. Chicago: 1903

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(AMERICANA) Stevens, Frank E. THE BLACK HAWK WAR. Including a Review of 
Black Hawk's Life. Illustrated with Upward of Three Hundred Rare and 
Interesting Portraits and Views. Chicago: Frank E. Stevens. 1903. First edition. Lg. 
8vo. (4),324pp. Index. Frontispiece portrait of the author, one map, and 
numerous full-page plates. Orig. textured green cloth, front cover stamped in 
gilt, paper spine label (tiny chips along one edge). A.e.g. This copy, signed 
by the author beneath his portrait.     $250.00 (trade discount allowed)
The author began his research for this work in 1871. It includes numerous 
first hand accounts of the Black Hawk War from those protagonists who were 
still alive at the time.

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