THE WOLF KING; OR LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: AN OLD WOMAN'S TALE IN THE PORT FOLIO, VOL.II, NO.22 JUNE 5TH, 1802

by Americana, Oliver Oldschool Esq, pseud. Joseph Dennie

$1,250 · Offered by Captain Ahab's Rare Books

Philadelphia: Printed for The Editor & Elizabeth Dickens, 1802. Important issue of this Federalist newspaper, published by Joseph Dennie and Philadelphia bookseller Asbury Dickens. Notable for the inclusion of 'The Wolf King; or Little Red Riding Hood,' a decidedly grotesque version of the traditional Little Red Riding Hood story told in 26 stanzas. First published in Terror Tales London: W.Bulmer & Co., 1801 and once attributed to M.G. Lewis, the

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