Coloney, Myron:

$300 · Offered by William Reese Company

MANOMIN: A RHYTHMICAL ROMANCE OF MINNESOTA, THE GREAT REBELLION AND THE MINNESOTA MASSACRES. A presentation copy, inscribed by the author: "Presented to Mrs. Eliza Corwin by her friend the Author, Myron Coloney, St. Louis March 1866." A scarce work published in memory of the author's friend, Andreas Darling, who was killed by bushwhackers while trying to defend the author's home in Missouri. The proceeds from the sale of the book were to benefit Darling's widow. The author emigrated to Douglas County, Minnesota in 1858 and herein describes the terrible Sioux massacres in white settlements there.

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