Following the Drum: A Glimpse of Frontier Life
New York: Rudd & Carleson, 1858.
First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 7.5" x 5", 265 pp + publisher's ads, bound in original black pebbled cloth. Fraying to spine ends, a few signatures (gatherings of pages) partially sprung, bookseller stamp on front free endpaper and an old fabric label affixed to the front pastedown, penciled gift inscription on flyleaf. Good. "In this lively account, Teresa Viele describes her year's stay at Ringgold Barracks in Texas, where her husband, Egbert Ludovicus Viele was stationed. Despite its limited amount of historical and autobiographical information, Following the Drum is an entertaining commentary on life on the Texas frontier in the early 1850s." (Wagner-Camp 312a:1). Howes V92.
Item #23958
Price: $60.00