Gertrude of Wyoming; Or, The Pennsylvanian Cottage

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1858. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Brothers Dalziel. Full black leather binding with decorative blind and gilt embossing. All edges gilt. Marbled end-papers. Thirty-five engraved illustrations. 95pp. Spots of rubbing to the covers and spine. Front outer joint worn and tearing. Inner front and back hinges starting, but still holding well. First few pages are detached, and back few are starting to. Free from any writing within. Good only. Full refund if not satisfied. "Gertrude of Wyoming; A Pennsylvanian Tale is a romantic epic in Spenserian stanza composed by Scottish poet Thomas Campbell (1777–1844). The poem was well received, but not a financial success for its author. The setting of the poem is the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania and the massacre that occurred there on July 3, 1778. On that day, more than three hundred American Revolutionaries died at the hands of Loyalists and their Iroquois allies. The popularity of the poem may have led to the state of Wyoming being named after the valley, and Wyoming, a suburb north of Gosford, New South Wales, Australia is said to have been given its name by Frederick Augustus Hely because Gertrude of Wyoming was his favorite poem." (Wikipedia)