Coale, Charles B.:

$200 · Offered by William Reese Company

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF WILBURN WATERS, THE FAMOUS HUNTER AND TRAPPER OF WHITE TOP MOUNTAIN; EMBRACING EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA SUFFERINGS OF THE PIONEERS, ETC., ... The biography of hermit hunter and trapper Wilburn Waters, who lived in solitude in the mountains of Virginia, followed by a series of articles written to "preserve for the use of the future historian a few facts connected with the early settlement of South-western Virginia..." Includes anecdotal evidence of daily life, geography, and religion. A valuable resource for scholars of early Virginia history.

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