Wakefield's History of the Black Hawk war
a reprint of the 1st edition
by John Allen Wakefield
Author John Wakefield had served as a scout during the War of 1812 while a teenager. He subsequently trained as a medical doctor and then as a lawyer, and in the 1820s was a politician in Illinois. He enlisted in the army at the beginning of the Black Hawk War, serving first as a surgeon, then as a scout. He kept a daily journal throughout the campaign, and immediately afterward drew upon that journal to write this history.
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Wakefield's History of the Black Hawk war: a reprint of the 1st edition
1908, Caxton Club
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"The publication committee of the Caxton club certifies that this is one of an edition of two hundred copies printed on American hand-made paper, and three copies printed on Japanese vellum. The printing was done from type which has been distributed."
Original edition has title: History of the war between the United States and the Sac and Fox nations of Indians ...
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