Wolves Against the Moon by Julia Cooley Altrocchi - 1980-06

Grand Rapids, MIchigan: The Black Letter Press, 1970. [xviii], 572pp [edgewear to dj]. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. Illus. by Frontispiece portrait. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Grand Rapids, MI: Black Letter Press, ( 1979 ). Later printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 8vo; xvi, 572 pages, brown cloth, map endpapers, one leaf dog-eared; small brown spot on top panel of dj An epic historical novel of the life of Joseph Bailly and his family. " If some of the episodes seem overdramatic, ... The author has, if anything, underdrawn the amazing happenings in the Old Northwest. In addition to being a story of adventure, a record of people and events of the early nineteenth century from Canada to the Gulf, and especially in the Middle Western portion of the Great Lakes region ... and a record of the passing of the Indian life and the french life and of the coming of the Anglo-Saxon frontiersman, the book also becomes a record of the vanishing wilderness of the Calumet marshes and the Indiana and Michigan dune country - Preface." Partially set in Frenchtown, L'Arbre Croche, and Detroit, and on Mackinac Island - MICHIGAN IN THE NOVEL, 16." It was a beautiful world - edged… Read More

New York: Pageant Book Company, 1957. New Edition. Hardcover. good. 8vo; xvi, 572 pages,pink cloth; pictorial dust jacket nicked, edgeworn, inked birthday inscription on front pastedown endpaper, spine faded, chipped at ends of spine. Scarce in dj. An epic historical novel of the life of Joseph Bailly and his family. " If some of the episodes seem overdramatic, ... The author has, if anything, underdrawn the amazing happenings in the Old Northwest. In addition to being a story of adventure, a record of people and events of the early nineteenth century from Canada to the Gulf, and especially in the Middle Western portion of the Great Lakes region ... and a record of the passing of the Indian life and the French life and of the coming of the Anglo-Saxon frontiersman, the book also becomes a record of the vanishing wilderness of the Calumet marshes and the Indiana and Michigan dune country - Preface." Partially set in Frenchtown, L'Arbre Croche, and Detroit, and on Mackinac Island - MICHIGAN IN… Read More