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Medicine Lodge; The Story of a Kansas Frontier Town
by Nellie Snyder Yost (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: The Swallow Press/Sage Books , 1970 The Swallow Press/Sage Books, Chicago, IL. 1970. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Edition/First Printing. Signed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on the front wrap. Book Condition: Good; shelfwear to wrap edges and spine shoulders; rubbing to wraps; light soiling to wraps.No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is creased from opening but is not split; text is secure in binding. 237 pp 8vo. Written by a noted Nebraska historian, this is the story of typical and atypical frontier town of Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Medicine Lodge has the typical; Indians, pioneers, cattle, cowboys, violence, frontier justice, small town industries and growth. The on the other hand it has the legend of Flower Pot Mountain, a large Indian peace treaty gathering, the unusual poet the Pilgrim Bard, floods, tornadoes, Carry Nation, rodeo performer Lucille Mulhall, a hanging tree, an opera house, and a 300 pound congressman. A clean presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014988
- Title
- Medicine Lodge; The Story of a Kansas Frontier Town
- Author
- Nellie Snyder Yost (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Swallow Press/Sage Books
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Medicine Lodge Kansas, Kansas History, Medicine Lodge History, Medicine Lodge Peace Treaty, Indian gathering, Carry Nation, temperance, Flower Pot Mountain, Indian Tribes, cowboys, bank robberies, hangings, frontier justice, frontier town, Barber County K
- Bookseller catalogs
- Kansas Related; Americana;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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