YE SNEAK YCLEPID COPPERHEAD. A SATIRICAL POEM. I DO NOT LIKE 'EM-- SNEAKS, I MEAN.
Philadelphia: A. Winch, 505 Chestnut St. . . 1863. 30, [2 blanks] pp. Stitched in original printed and illustrated wrappers, with the half title as issued. Abundant comic illustrations. Chip to lower blank corner of front wrapper. Very Good plus.
This is an imaginative assault on Copperheads, northerners who did everything they could to undermine the Union war effort and attack Abraham Lincoln and his administration. "Our President is good enough - / Too good for sneaks so 'Yaller,' / And needs not pen o' mine to puff / His honesty or valor."
Sabin records the evidence attributing authorship to Leland or Stine. The Library Company calls Stine the author.
Sabin 85375. LCP 9870. Item #42084
Price: $750.00