[James, Edwin]:

$1,250 · Offered by William Reese Company

MÉMOIRES DE JOHN TANNER, OU TRENTE ANNÉES DANS LES DÉSERTS DE L'AMERIQUE DU NORD.... "Minute, vivid...account of all phases of Indian life" - Howes. "[Tanner's] relation of his life among the Northern Indians, is probably the most minute...ever printed" - Field. "Part II...is ascribed to Edwin James and contains comments on various aspects of Indian culture - their customs, knowledge of astronomy, music, and poetry - a catalogue of plants and animals, and a vocabulary of Ojibway words and phrases" - Wagner-Camp. "His narrative contains much information about the Hudson's Bay and Northwest Companies, and about Lord Selkirk's Red River colony" - Streeter. Field states that Schoolcraft was "strongly prejudiced" against Tanner, who assaulted him and then in 1846 murdered Schoolcraft's brother, James. This French edition contains additional notes not in any other edition, according to Howes.

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