A WESTERN PIONEER OR, INCIDENTS OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF REV. ALFRED BRUNSON, A.M., D.D.K, Embracing a Period of Over Seventy Years. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF (TWO VOLUMES)
Cincinnati: Hitchcock and Walden, 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #2009022
Both volumes in the first edition, first printing, 1872 & 1879 respectively. Original blindstamped 8vo cloth. 418pp + 413pp. Original old private library printed label on front paste down of vol. 1: "287 JE KETCHUM'S LIBRARY." Wiki says, "Alfred Brunson (February 9, 1793 - August 3, 1882) was an American Methodist circuit rider, lawyer, and territorial legislator. Born in Danbury, Connecticut, Brunson served in the War of 1812. Brunson was a Methodist church circuit rider in Ohio and Pennsylvania. In 1835, he moved to Prairie du Chien, Michigan Territory and was a Methodist circuit rider. He studied law and was admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1839. He served in the Wisconsin Territorial House of Representatives of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature from 1840 to 1841 as a Whig. During the American Civil War, Brunson served as a chaplain of the 31st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He retired from the ministry in 1871. He also wrote including his autobiography. His son was Ira B. Brunson who also served in the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature. His son in law was Thomas P. Burnett. Brunson died in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin." There is extensive information and commentary of Brunson's travels among the Indians of the upper Great Lakes and with material on Indiana, Ohio, and Western Pennsylvania. Some wear to heads & toes of spine and corner exposed and in cast of vol 2 soft. Nevertheless these two volumes are in remarkable, vg, condition and the hinges are sound. Quite scarce in this condition.
Price: $477.00