[VIRGINIA] [NATIVE AMERICANS] CAPTIVES OF ABB’S VALLEY, A LEGEND OF FRONTIER LIFE

Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1854. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. 24mo., in the publisher’s blue cloth binding with titling in gilt at the spine; [vii], [8] 9-168 pages; frontispiece and a couple of additional plates; there is a previous owner presentation: “Presented to Miss Annie E. Scogin by a Grandson of “Mary Moore” Marlin Texas, Nov. 4, 1887”~~This copy has wear and some stains; but is intact and complete.~~The author is James Moore Brown, who tells the remarkable story of his mother’s family, who were captured, and his mother Mary Moore, enslaved Native Americans; contains much regarding everyday life on the Frontier. Abb’s Valley is located in the very westernmost part of Virginia.~~. Good binding.