Ramona

New York: Grosset & Dunlop, 1973. G&D Edition: 1973 later printing. Boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo, sky blue textured boards with black lettering and verticle rule on spine & front cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Ramona being led by an Indian through the mountains, several B&W in-text illustrations, 424 pages. Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, born Helen Fiske; pen name "H.H." (1830 - August 12, 1885), was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the United States government. She described the adverse effects of government actions in her history A Century of Dishonor (1881). Her novel Ramona (1884) dramatized the federal government's mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California after the Mexican-American War and attracted considerable attention to her cause. Commercially popular, it was estimated to have been reprinted 300 times and most readers liked its romantic and picturesque qualities rather than its political content. The novel was so popular that it attracted many tourists to Southern California who wanted to see places from the book.--Wikipedia Previous owner's lengthy inscriptions on front pastedown and inner endpaper (before half title). A few tiny clean tears to dj. Originally published in 1884. SCARCE in this condition!