Forest Rangers: a poetic tale of the Western wilderness in 1794. Connected with and comprising the march and battle of General Wayne’s Army. . . in seven cantos.
by [OHIO -- NORTHWEST INDIAN CONFEDERATION]. COFFINBERRY, Andrew
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About This Item
Columbus, [OH]: Wright & Legg, Printers, 1842. 12mo. 220 pp. Light redding-brown cloth, printed spine label (minor soiling, spotting to covers, foxing to endpapers, and occasional interior foxing), still VG- copy, inscribed by Judge James McClure Coffinberry (1818-1891), son of the author to E. Williams. First edition, inscribed, of this curious collection of Ohio verse in octosyllabic couplets, against the backdrop of General Anthony Wayne’s campaign against the Northwest Indian Confederation led by Simon Girty, and Weyapiersenwah (Blue Jacket) a Shawnee Chief, and their final defeat at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. See; John Flanagan, Poetic Voices in the Early Middle West, The Centennial Review, Vol. XXIV, No. 3 (Summer, 1980), pp. 269-283.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58708
- Title
- Forest Rangers: a poetic tale of the Western wilderness in 1794. Connected with and comprising the march and battle of General Wayne’s Army. . . in seven cantos.
- Author
- [OHIO -- NORTHWEST INDIAN CONFEDERATION]. COFFINBERRY, Andrew
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Wright & Legg, Printers,
- Place of Publication
- Columbus, [OH]:
- Date Published
- 1842.
- Keywords
- American Literature, Verse, Poetry, General Anthony Wayne, Fallen Timbers, American Indians, native Americans, Ohio, Western Americana, Signed Copies, Inscribed
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