[Rarebooks] FS: Huntin' and Shootin' and Explorin' the World with Buckskin Sam from Rumford Falls, Maine

[Bob Petrilla]

Noble, Samuel H. LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF BUCKSKIN SAM: Written by Himself.
Rumford Falls, Maine: Rumford Falls Publishing, 1900. First Edition. 185pp;
frontispiece portrait of the author in elaborate buckskin shirt, etc. Light
rubbing at foot of spine, else a nice bright example of this curious book.
8.75" x 6.25" Very Good +. Original Cloth.
Topics: first hunting adventure; visit to Dismal Swamp; a plantation
husking and dance; shipwreck; shooting a whale; in hospital at
Philadelphia; Sailors Boarding & Lodging House; captured by Indians; named
Buckskin Sam; hunting expeditions; escape from Indians; Liverpool;
recruited into British Army; India and Bombay; Hindoo towns; worshippers of
the monkey; snake charming; War of 1857; hunting in India; killing a
maneating tiger; pursued by wild buffalo; Cape Town, Africa; London;
Scotland; Ireland; back to New York; enlisted under General Custer;
fighting the Johnnies of the South; noted battles; gallant charge of
General Custer; surrender of General Lee; &c., &c. In all, a full life.
$75.00


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