VIOLA: or, Life in the Northwest. This Book Illustrates the Peculiar Habits and Customs of the People, Political Life, Government Transactions, Monopolies, and nearly every form of Fraud, Deception, and Intrigue, with Incidents of the Minnesota Massacre; by Historical Sketches, Anecdotes, and Burlesques, all written in an original and interesting style.
Chicago: R. R. McCabe & Co., 1874. 1st edition (Soliday IV, 671 [incorrectly listing the title as "Life in the Southwest"]; Wright II, 2193). 422 pp. Illustrated with 2 facing full-page wood engravings, prior to t.p. 8vo. 7-1/4" x 5". Original publisher's orange cloth with gilt spine lettering & decorations..... More