Traditions Of De-Coo-Dah and Antiquarian Researches: Comprising Extensive Explorations, Surveys, and Excavations of the Wonderful and Mysterious Earthen Remains of the Mound Builders in America; the Tradition of the Last Prophet of the Elk Nation Relative to the Origin and Use; and the Presence of an Ancient Population More Numerous than the Present Aborigines
by Pidgeon, William
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
New York: Horace Thayer, 1858. Hardcover. g. 8vo. 334pp. Embossed brown cloth with faded gilt decoration and title to spine. Age color fading and rubbing throughout. Spine edges and corners bumped. Front hinges repaired with modern tape. With the bookplate of Bruce Bryan, the noted author and long time curator of the Southwest Museum of the American Indians in Pasadena, California. Illustrated with seventy b/w annotated engravings "descriptive of 120 varying relative arrangements-forms of earthen effigies, antique sculpture, etc." Binding faded but tight. Book in good+ condition.
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- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Title
- Traditions Of De-Coo-Dah and Antiquarian Researches: Comprising Extensive Explorations, Surveys, and Excavations of the Wonderful and Mysterious Earthen Remains of the Mound Builders in America; the Tradition of the Last Prophet of the Elk Nation Relative to the Origin and Use; and the Presence of an Ancient Population More Numerous than the Present Aborigines
- Author
- Pidgeon, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Horace Thayer
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1858
- Keywords
- Mississippi river, exploration, 19th Century , North America, Exploration, 19th Century , Tumulus, tumuli, Cemeteries, Battle Burials, Wisconsin River, exploration, 19th Century
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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