[Williams, Joseph S.]:

OLD TIMES IN WEST TENNESSEE. REMINISCENCES-- SEMI-HISTORIC-- OF PIONEER LIFE AND THE EARLY EMIGRANT SETTLERS IN THE BIG HATCHIE COUNTRY. BY A DESCENDANT OF ONE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS.

Memphis, Tenn. W.G. Cheeney, 1873. Original blue publisher's cloth [much of the blue rubbed]. pp 6, [4], [7]-295. Inner hinges cracked, text clean with light tanning. Good+. An anecdotal history of the early pioneer settlers, their relations with the Choctaws and Chickasaws, military campaigns, biographical sketches of the early emigrants, "lawyers riding the circuit," the early settlements and towns, and other historical and cultural information. FIRST EDITION. Howes W472aa. Allen 8062. 114 Eberstadt 730. 43 Decker 288. LCP 11250. Item #16611

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